Three brothers of a failed Iraqi suicide bomber had been killed by US forces, it was reported today.

Jordan will ask Britain next week to extradite the radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, who has been described as Osama bin Laden’s “spiritual ambassador in Europe”, Interior Minister Awni Yirfas said today.

Jordan and Britain will soon sign a memorandum of understanding on the joint-extradition of wanted people between both countries, Jordanian Interior Minister Awni Yirfas said today.