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Jordan: "State Security To Begin Trial of Terrorist Sajidah al-Rishawi on Monday" Al-Dustur (Internet Version-WWW) Tuesday,April 18, 2006 The State Security Court will begin on Monday (24 April) the trial of the 35-year old Iraqi terrorist Sajidah al-Rishawi who took part in the Amman hotel bombings, in which seven other terrorists headed by the leader of Al-Qa'idah in the Land of the Two Rivers, Ahmad Fadil Nazzal al-Khalayilah (Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi) took part, and three Iraqi dead, including Ali Husayn and Ali al-Shammari, Sajidah's husband. The members of the terrorist group, which managed last November to carry out three terrorist operations...

Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi either claims or is blamed for every atrocity in Iraq from suicide bombings to the brutal beheading of hostages. Paul McGeough reports on the new Osama. While the world focused on Osama bin Laden as the No 1 fomenter of terrorism, another more hands-on, in-the-field jihadist was being shaped. Now Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi either claims or is blamed for every atrocity in Iraq from suicide bombings to the brutal beheading of hostages. His ultimate goal? A bloody - but purifying - civil war. We're still in the chalky hills of Amman. But driving north, the desert chic...