| A Jordanian military court condemned five men to death, including the notorious Abu Nidal, for the 1994 assassination of a Jordanian diplomat. Four of the five convicted killers, including Abu Nidal, were sentenced in absentia. Only Yasser Mohammed Abu Shinar, a Palestinian, stood before the State Security Court in Amman. They were found guilty of killing Naeb Imran Maaytah, first secretary at the Jordanian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. He was shot to death while sitting in his car in front of the embassy on Jan. 29, 1994. |