Jordanian authorities last week thwarted a plan by members of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network to attack the US embassy in Amman, State Department officials said. Officials said the plot was uncovered after the arrests of members of a terrorist cell, reportedly linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi members, who are also allegedly planning to attack Jordanian government facilities. "We have been informed that subsequent information indicates that the American embassy in Amman also was a target," one official told Agence France-Presse, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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