Jordan jails al-Qaida-linked terror leader

A Jordanian military court today convicted 15 men – all but one of whom remains at large – for a terror conspiracy targeting American and Israeli interests as well as Western tourists.

Jordan jails al-Qaida-linked terror leader
Wed, 16 Jun, 2004 - 12:53

A Jordanian military court today convicted 15 men – all but one of whom remains at large – for a terror conspiracy targeting American and Israeli interests as well as Western tourists.

The court said it found Ahmad Mahmoud Saleh al-Riyati, 34, to be the mastermind of the terror cell linked to al-Qaida and Ansar al-Islam militant groups.

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