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| Three jailed for seeking to join Iraqi insurgency |
| 2006-12-14 |
| In another case yesterday, the court jailed three men for trying to join Iraq rebels and acquitted two others. Judicial sources said Mahmoud Abdul Aal and Yousef Shafei were sentenced to three years in jail each, while Khalil Ennabi was sentenced to one year. Ayman Khawaldeh and Jamil Rayan were acquitted of any wrongdoing, the sources added. The five defendants faced between three to five years in prison on charges of “carrying out activities that undermine Jordan’s security and its ties with a foreign country,” according to court papers. Their trial opened in June, three months after they were arrested when they returned home from neighbouring Syria, from where they had hoped to travel to Iraq to join insurgents fighting Iraqi and US-led coalition troops. |
| Posted by:Fred |