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State Department: former Gitmo detainee led terror cell in Jordan
According to a new report by the US State Department, Usama Abu Kabir, a former Gitmo detainee, was arrested in Jordan in April 2009 while plotting a terrorist attack against Israel. Kabir was allegedly the leader of a terrorist cell.
Israel
Rocket attacks on Israel and Jordan highlight how Hamas could use Sinai
Palestinian Territories
Palestinian martyrdom video aimed at children, says US watchdog group
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites
Jordan
Rockets strike Jordan near Israel border
US, UN sanction al Qaeda in Iraq leader
Muthanna Harith Sulayman al Dhari, the son of the leader of Iraq’s radical Association of Muslim Scholars, provides logistical and financial support for al Qaeda in Iraq.
Al Qaeda
Jailed Jordanian cleric is a poster boy for al Qaeda recruiters
United Arab Emirates
Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast
Jordan
10 Jordanians on trial over plots against military
Al Qaeda
‘Iran ordered attack on Israeli convoy’
Jordan
A two-car convoy of Israeli diplomats was targeted in a roadside bomb attack near the town of Na’ur in Jordan; no Israelis were killed or wounded. Islamist leaders are pressing the government to end cooperation with the US against al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
Al Qaeda
Islamists press Jordan to stop aiding US forces in Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
Jordanians question alliance with US after Humam al-Balawi™s CIA suicide bombing
Al Qaeda
Jordanian bomber™s path remains a mystery to his family
Al Qaeda
Triple agent was ‘CIA’s best hope for years’
Al Qaeda
Jordan says ‘no proof’ Balawi was CIA suicide bomber
Al Qaeda
CIA bomber coerced to work for Jordan spy agency
Al Qaeda
Behind Afghan bombing, an agent with many loyalties
Afghanistan
Jordan emerges as key CIA counterterrorism ally
Jordan
A court sentenced 12 men to between 15 and 20 years in prison for attacking a group of Lebanese musicians and and desecrating a church. The attackers thought the singers were Israelis and also firebombed a Christian church. The men are said to have links with al Qaeda.
Iraq
Iraq neighbors undermining border fight: minister
Palestinian Territories
Jordan strips Palestinians of citizenship
Jordan
A court sentenced Mohammed Ahmed Youssef Al Jaghbeer to death for his involvement in the 2002 murder of USAID administrator Laurence Foley. Jaghbeer facilitated communications between al Qaeda and the terror cell in Amman that killed Foley. He was captured in Iraq and transferred back to Jordan.
Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda man sentenced to death in Jordan
Jordan
Jordan: Four arrested for terror plots
Jordan
Jordanian terrorists get more than two decades in jail for bomb plot
Bombing at Islamabad Marriott latest in string of complex terror attacks
Al Qaeda and the Taliban carry out their latest sophisticated strike. The death toll rises to 70, with more than 250 wounded. The hotel is destroyed by the bombing and fire.
Jordan
12 Jordanians sentenced for Iraq insurgency plans
Iraq
Jordan’s King Abdullah to visit Iraq on Wednesday