Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in...

Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in the killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut in 1994 and sentenced him to death.
Jamal Darwish Fatayer, 35, also known as Rashed Attiyeh, was convicted of conspiring to carry out terror attacks that led to the death of Naeb Imran Maaytah, first secretary of the Jordanian Embassy in Beirut. Maaytah was shot in his car in front of the embassy on January 29, 1994.
Fatayer's lawyer said he would appeal.
Fatayer also was convicted of belonging to an illegal group, the Palestinian Revolutionary Council led by the late militant Abu Nidal.
Abu Nidal opposed Arab attempts to make peace with Israel. At the time of Maaytah's killing, officials were negotiating the agreement that became the Jordanian-Israeli peace treaty in October 199 4.
Fatayer was convicted in absentia earlier. He was arrested in December 2001 and was entitled to a new trial under Jordanian law.