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| Jordan alert: 4 suicide cars have entered country |
| 2006-01-26 |
| Jordan has isssue an alert, warning foreign embassies that suicide bombers may have entered the country. Jordanian sources said authorities suspected that four vehicles packed with explosives have entered the Hashemite kingdom from either Iraq or Syria. The sources said the vehicles were being prepared for a suicide strike around Western embassies in Amman. The alert has resulted in increased security around embassies in Amman, Middle East Newsline reported. Several Western embassies have also decreased their personnel and reduced hours of some departments to avoid exposure to attack. "We are positive that there has been an attempt to bring these cars into Jordan," a source said. "We are not sure whether all, some or any of these vehicles managed to enter." The sources said the car bomb plot was drafted by Al Qaida in Iraq. They said Al Qaida network chief Abu Mussib Al Zarqawi has planned a new series of strikes in wake of the killing of 57 people in coordinated suicide attacks in Amman in December 2005. The sources said Al Zarqawi has designated Jordan as his key target outside of Iraq. Jordan has strengthened its military relationship with the United States and became a meeting point of Western intelligence officials who visit or operate in the Middle East. Jordan has placed on trial about a dozen Al Qaida operatives commanded by Al Zarqawi. Al Zarqawi has vowed to attack Jordan until the kingdom releases the defendants, who include suspected fund-raisers for the insurgency movement. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #2 A Muslim Mad Max? |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2006-01-26 12:21 |
| #1 That's one trial I anticipating collapsing due to 'a lack of evidence' - and sooner rather than later... |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2006-01-26 10:05 |