Plot to kill Bush in Jordan revealed

ap/J-Post ^ | March 7, 2007 | unattributed

[prairiebreeze]

A Jordanian prosecutor on Wednesday revealed a previously unannounced plot by three alleged militants to assassinate US President George W. Bush during his last visit to the kingdom.

The military prosecutor charged the three Jordanians, Nidhal Musleh al-Momani, Sattam al-Zawahrah and Tharwat Daraj, with plotting to carry out terrorist attacks and the illegal possession of explosives. The three also were planning to attack the American and Danish embassies in Amman, the prosecutor alleged during the opening day of the trial.

The Jordanian authorities arrested the three men on Nov. 28, one day before Bush's arrival in Amman for talks with King Abdullah II and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The prosecutor told the court the defendants were found with homemade bombs made by filling large plastic bottles with gasoline.

According to the prosecution's case, the three men are friends who met in the northeastern city of Zarqa in October to plan their attacks. He described them as adherents of the Takfiri ideology, an extremist doctrine that regards even non-militant Muslims as infidels.

The prosecutor provided no additional details about the case and it was not immediately clear how far along or how sophisticated the alleged plot was. Military courts in Jordan prohibit news organizations from releasing the names of prosecutors for security reasons.

The defendants did not plea to the charges on Wednesday but were assigned a lawyer, Abdul Jabar Abu-Gollah. He could not be reached for more details. If convicted the three men could face the death penalty.

The hearing was adjourned until March 14.

[prairiebreeze]

He described them as adherents of the Takfiri ideology, an extremist doctrine that regards even non-militant Muslims as infidels.

Oh swell...

The story is a few days old but I don't see it posted on FR.

[Bigg Red]

I am so glad the President is back home. It makes me nervous every time he goes out of the country.

Thank you, God.

[prairiebreeze]

The three also were planning to attack the American and Danish embassies in Amman,

Still mad about the cartoons, apparently...

[doc1019]

Amen

[DTogo]

Plot to kill Bush in Jordan by three alleged militants? Not the 3,000 nutjobs in DC today?

[RunningWolf]

There are plots to kill them all the time I would guess. He and Cheney are high value targets of the highest order to the jihad's.

[OldPossum]

The prosecutor told the court the defendants were found with homemade bombs made by filling large plastic bottles with gasoline.

And very sophisticated terrorists, are they not?

[prairiebreeze]

Undoubtedly true. I hadn't heard about this hard-hard core jihadi branch though.

[prairiebreeze]

Yes, I thought that too. Poor babies evidently aren't on the CAIR/Saudi funding list..

[KStorm]

Guess liberals will have to find someone else to do their dirty work.

[ohioWfan]

THIS is why we pray for his protection when he travels (and here at home as well).

Thank you, Lord!

[RunningWolf]

They had Cheney camped out in a aluminum cabin strapped down in a C-17 during his last visit to Afghanistan.

I would hate to imagine what might have happened if the jihads had been somehow able to knock out two of its engines while it was sitting there on the tarmac.

[madison10]

What? No cheering from Michael Moore and Nana Nancy?

[AZRepublican]

Bet there is a plot at MoveON as well.

[MuttTheHoople]

Pelosi and Reid deeply saddened. Code Pink angered they couldn't finish the job.

[sheik yerbouty]

"Dinty" Moore is at the buffet, and Pelosi Galore is conferring with "Stinkfinger"(X42, Beelzeflubba)..