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| Jordan sentences two for planning attack on Israeli businessman |
| 2009-08-20 |
| Ma'an - A Jordanian Court sentenced two of its nationals to 12 years in prison for their involvement in a conspiracy to kill an Israeli businessman in the northern Jordanian city of Irbid. The men, 37-year-old Luai Shahadeh and 36-year-old Muhammad Awda Allah were accused of planning an attack earlier this year, the Israeli daily Haaretz said, quoting AP. According to the indictment the two met in 2007 and bonded over Allah's 2003 attempt to fight against the United States in Iraq. They stayed in touch and planned an attack against what they say as an American proxy in the region: a Jewish factory owner in the north of the country. The men planned their attack for 3 January but postponed it after being met on the road by local police, and were arrested by Jordanian intelligence in the 6th of the month. |
| Posted by:Fred |