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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32480-2004Jan20.html
Al-Qaeda Suspects in Jordan May Face Death for Slaying U.S. Official
(AP/Washington Post) Jamal Halaby - Jordan's military prosecutor Tuesday recommended the death penalty for 11 Libyan, Syrian, Palestinian, and Jordanian men accused in an al-Qaeda-linked plot to carry out terror attacks on Americans and Israelis that began with the slaying of U.S. aid administrator Laurence Foley in Amman on Oct. 28, 2002. Four are in custody; the other seven are being tried in absentia. "They killed an American diplomat in the name of Islam," said military prosecutor, Lt. Col. Mahmoud Obeidat. At least half the suspects had links with Jordanian Ahmed al-Khalayleh, allegedly a top al-Qaeda figure and better known as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He is believed to be hiding in Iraq and allegedly provided the weapons and $62,000 for the plot.