ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Washington Post: AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's military prosecutor Tuesday recommended the death penalty for 11 men accused in an al-Qaida-linked plot to carry out terror attacks on Americans and Israelis that began with the slaying of a U.S. aid worker in Jordan."
13,505 posted on 01/22/2004 12:39:48 AM PST by Cindy
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's military prosecutor Tuesday recommended the death penalty for 11 men accused in an al-Qaida-linked plot to carry out terror attacks on Americans and Israelis that began with the slaying of a U.S. aid worker in Jordan."
This would be the US diplomat Laurence Foley. It is believed he was assassinated by operatives of al-Zarqawi on behalf of Saddam Hussein. Zarqawi is also believed to be the person who aided terrorists in Europe in obtaining the toxin 'ricin.'
14,181 posted on 01/23/2004 9:22:25 AM PST by piasa
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