JORDAN. FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER US SHIP ATTACK
a Jordanian military tribunal condemned to death three Syrian nationals and an Iraqi in connection with a rocket attack on US warships that killed a Jordanian soldier.
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a Jordanian military tribunal condemned to death three Syrian nationals and an Iraqi in connection with a rocket attack on US warships that killed a Jordanian soldier.
Three other Iraqi citizens were sentenced to 10 years in jail, one Syrian and a Saudi-born Jordanian were given reduced prison sentences of two years while three Syrians were acquitted.
The suspects were indicted in March over deadly rocket attacks in August 2005 on US warships moored in Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba in which the Jordanian soldier was killed.
Three other Iraqi citizens were sentenced to 10 years in jail, one Syrian and a Saudi-born Jordanian were given reduced prison sentences of two years while three Syrians were acquitted.
The suspects were indicted in March over deadly rocket attacks in August 2005 on US warships moored in Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba in which the Jordanian soldier was killed.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: The News – International, 07/12/2006)
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