 The Jordanian authorities yesterday sent to trial before the State Security Court 20 Egyptians and Bengalis whom Amman said were arrested earlier this month while trying to infiltrate into Syrian territory from Jordan, according to the official Petra news agency. Petra did not give further details as to the indictment list, and it was not clear so far whether the defendants intended to infiltrate into Syria for work or for proceeding to Iraq later to join the resistance raging there against US-led multinational forces. The United States has repeatedly accused Syria of facilitating the infiltration of Muslim and Arab militants to Iraq for joining the Jordanian fugitive Abu Mussab Zarqawi, who is widely believed to be the mastermind of most of attacks against US troops and the allied Iraqi police force. |