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Expert Says Jordan Suspects Had Dangerous Chemicals
A chemical weapons expert told Jordan’s military court yesterday that “hazardous chemicals” were taken from terror plot defendants, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, July 14). However, the expert said it would take great expertise to convert the chemicals into a harmful substance. The defense called the expert in an attempt to show that the 13 suspects accused of planning a chemical attack in the capital city of Amman did not possess harmful chemical agents. Authorities reportedly confiscated substances including cyanide and chlorine from the suspects. Under questioning from defense lawyers, the expert said that a specific mix of the chemicals “could affect the nerves, cause death, paralysis and suffocation.” “But to manufacture such harmful chemicals, you need good knowledge in chemistry, expertise in mixing chemicals and the appropriate equipment,” said the expert, implicating prime suspect Azmi al-Jayousi, who the prosecution claims received the training necessary to properly mix the chemicals. Al-Jayousi in a televised confession last year said that his group planned an attack on the Jordanian intelligence service headquarters on orders from terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He later told the court the confession was coerced, according to AP (Shafika Mattar, Associated Press, Oct. 5).
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