Jordan arrests 17 militants linked to al-Qaida
Jordan has arrested 17 militants linked to al-Qaida who were allegedly plotting to attack Jordanian intelligence agents and US troops in the kingdom, a military prosecutor said today.
The militants, whose indictment is expected to be completed by August 31, belonged to the Iraqi chapter of al-Qaida, which is led by the Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and a previously unknown Saudi group called the Brigades of the Holy Shrines, said prosecutor Maj. Fawaz al-Otoum.
