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Jordan Militant Suspects Plead Not Guilty |
2005-09-20 |
![]() The prime suspect was identified as Palestinian Zeid Saleh al-Horani, 27, who allegedly worked with the other members of his Jordan-based cell to recruit militants and send them to neighboring Syria to prepare for suicide bombings. One recruit was Raed Mansour al-Banna, the Jordanian who was wrongly blamed for the Feb. 28 bombing in Hillah, south of Baghdad, that killed 125 people, according to allegations in an indictment sheet detailing the charges. Al-Banna's family and Jordan's government have said he carried out a different suicide bombing and al-Zarqawi's group ultimately claimed responsibility for the Hillah attack. Al-Banna and five other suicide bombers are accused of being sent to Iraq through Syria in three batches since the start of 2005. |
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