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Chemical Expert Testifies in Islamic Militants' Trial in Jordan


(AP/Washington Post) Jamal Halaby - Islamic militants planned to detonate an explosion that would have sent a cloud of toxic chemicals across Jordan, causing death, blindness, and sickness, a chemical expert testified in a military court Wednesday in Amman. Col. Najeh al-Azam was giving evidence in the trial of 13 men alleged to have planned what would have been the first chemical attack by the al-Qaeda terror group. In his televised confession, prime defendant Azmi Al-Jayousi said his group had plotted the attack under instruction from al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi.
2005-06-23 00:00:00
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