AL-QAIDA in Iraq claimed yesterday that four Iraqis carried out the suicide bombings against three Amman hotels as police arrested 120 Jordanians and Iraqis in the hunt for anyone who might have aided them.

Moustapha Akkad, the Syrian-born producer of the Halloween horror films, died today from injuries sustained in the triple hotel bombings in Amman, Jordan.

Two female Palestinian university students, suspected of planning to carry out a twin suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, have surrendered to the Israeli army.