07‏/04‏/2004

6 Death sentences for Islamic prisoners in Jordan



Eleven Libyan, Syrian, Palestinian and Jordanian Islamists had been charged. Their trial began in the military State Security Court 10 months ago.

The five in custody, including the Libyan national, told the court their guilty confessions had been extracted under duress.

Two of the accused produced witnesses who testified the men were not at the crime scene when Foley was killed.
: "Eleven Libyan, Syrian, Palestinian and Jordanian Islamists had been charged. Their trial began in the military State Security Court 10 months ago.
The five in custody, including the Libyan national, told the court their guilty confessions had been extracted under duress.
Two of the accused produced witnesses who testified the men were not at the crime scene when Foley was killed.
Last week, authorities said they arrested several suspects who had entered the kingdom from Syria to carry out attacks against government ministries and other targets. At least three others in the latest alleged plot are still at large. "


Foley served for 25 years as a senior official of the USAid program, and was suspected to have been a senior CIA officer in the Middle East.

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