Jordan: Terror suspect in stormy court hearing

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.

Al-Zarqawi – a Jordanian who is al-Qaida’s point man in Iraq – and three other fugitives are being tried in absentia in Jordan’s military court along with nine men in custody, including prime suspect Azmi al-Jayousi. All 13 are accused in what Jordanian officials say was al-Qaida’s first chemical attack.