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Four Terror Suspects Killed by Jordanian Police
Jordanian police killed four men suspected of involvement in a chemical bomb plot during a raid yesterday in Amman (see GSN, April 19). Three other men were detained at the basement hideout, though their relationship to the dead suspects was not immediately known, Associated Press reported. Authorities said conspirators, believed to have been linked to al-Qaeda, planned to use a chemical bomb and poison gas on several targets, including the U.S. Embassy, but were foiled by raids in March and April. A tip led hundreds of police officers yesterday to a building in Amman. They called on the men inside to surrender, but were met with gunfire, AP reported. After 2« hours police fired tear gas into the building and six special forces officers stormed inside. Three of the men killed in the building were foreigners, but a government spokeswoman did not specify their nationalities (Jamal Halaby, AP/Tri-City Herald). Senior U.S. officials said chemicals discovered during earlier raids came from Syria, according to the Boston Globe. “There is evidence that it came from Syria into Jordan,” said U.S. Representative Elliot Engel (R-N.Y.). “The Jordanians believe that and I believe that” (Bryan Bender, Boston Globe, April 20).
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