Posted on 08/13/2007 11:01:06 AM PDT by gandalftb
AMMAN - A military court on Monday sentenced two Jordanians to 20 months in jail for recruiting suicide bombers to fight US-led forces in Iraq.
The state security court sentenced Zuhair Hamdan and Nidal Salem to three years in prison, but immediately reduced it to 20 months to give them a chance to repent, a judicial source told AFP.
Hamdan and Salem, who pleaded not guilty at the start of their trial in April, were arrested in October as they returned from neighbouring Syria where they signed up suspects to fight in Iraq.
The court also sentenced to five years in jail three other Jordanian fugitives being tried in absentia in the same case, the source said.
All five were charged with carrying out acts that undermine Jordans security and its ties with a foreign nation and faced up to five years in prison.
There are a lot of Christians In Jordan, about 40% of the population. Unfortunately they have to tip toe around Islamic fanatics. Don’t be fooled into thinking that much support from Joradn comes from “moderate Muslims tiptoeing around Jihadi’s”
“The state security court sentenced Zuhair Hamdan and Nidal Salem to three years in prison, but immediately reduced it to 20 months to give them a chance to repent, a judicial source told AFP. “
“Repent”? Spare me.
There are probably some American college campii that would welcome them!!
I’ve heard from people who have lived in Jordan that Jordanian jails are not the nicest places to have a stay.
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