Jordan’s military court has ordered the Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, and another terrorist suspect to surrender within 10 days.

At least 17 bodies have been found scattered in separate locations near a town close to the Syrian border that is considered an insurgent hotbed, with one group of 11 shot in the head and another beheaded.

AN Islamic website statement claimed yesterday that Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, chief of al-Qaida in Iraq, has fled to an unidentified “neighbouring country” with two Arab doctors treating him for gunshot wounds to his lung.

An Islamic website statement claimed today that Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida in Iraq chief, has fled to an unidentified “neighbouring country” with two Arab doctors treating him for gunshot wounds to his lung.

The prime suspect in an al-Qaida-linked plot to strike Jordan with chemical weapons threw his shoes at military judges during a stormy hearing in Amman and told them terror mastermind Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi will “chop off” their heads.

Insurgents set off at least 17 bombs in Iraq, killing at least 50 people, including three US soldiers, in a series of attacks aimed at shaking Iraq’s newly formed government.

An audio tape purportedly by one of America’s most-wanted insurgents in Iraq, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, that was posted on a website today threatens more attacks against US forces there and warns against collaborating with Americans.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair was warned by his intelligence chiefs that the case for war against Iraq was being fixed by the United States to suit their policy, it was claimed yesterday.

Jordan’s military court today sentenced wanted terror leader Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi to 15 years jail and a detained associate to three years behind bars for the 2003 Jordanian Embassy attack in Baghdad that killed 18 people.

An audio tape claiming to be the voice to be Osama bin Laden tonight endorsed terror leader Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi as his deputy in Iraq and called for a boycott of next month’s elections.

Nine terror suspects, allegedly involved in an al-Qaida-linked plot to carry out chemical and conventional attacks in Jordan, obstructed today’s opening of their trial, refusing to acknowledge military judges hearing the case.

Jordan’s military court today convicted a terror suspect of raising funds to help Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, the most-wanted militant in Iraq, carry out attacks on US forces there and against Jordanian interests in the kingdom.

Jordan’s military prosecutor indicted 13 alleged Muslim militants today, including fugitive Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, for an al-Qaida-linked plot to attack targets in the country with chemical and conventional weapons.

The spiritual leader of the terror group believed to have killed two American hostages in Iraq this week and responsible for a string of other deadly attacks has been killed in a US air strike, his family and Islamic clerics said yesterday.

The terror leader blamed for executing and beheading hostages in Iraq is a nice man who could not kill women and children, his wife said today.

THREE American soldiers and over 40 fighters loyal to a radical cleric were killed in another day of widespread bloodshed in Iraq yesterday.

A purported message from senior al-Qaida mastermind Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi today said the terror network did not plan a chemical weapons attack as Jordan has claimed.

Al-Qaida plotted bomb and poison gas attacks against the US Embassy and other targets in Jordan, suspects confessed in a videotape broadcast on Jordanian state television.