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| Zarqawi's cousin charged in Jordan |
| 2006-06-08 |
| Prosecutors in Jordan have charged with terrorism 12 men, including a cousin of al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, suspected of planning attacks against Israeli and US targets. The men, according to judicial sources in the Jordanian capital Amman, belong to two separate militant groups. Omar Khalayleh, 30, cousin of the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi, is accused of belonging to a five-man cell - all arrested in May - active in recruiting militants to fight against American troops in Iraq. Some of the other cell members are also accused of travelled illegally through Syria to reach Iraq and participate to participate in the insurgency. Five Iraqi, one Libya and one Saudi citizen arrested in February are accused of belonging to the separate cell planning terrorist attacks against hotels near the Dead Sea frequented by Americans and Israelis and an attack agaisnt the Quenn Alia international airport in Amman. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |