al-Qaida Operative: Jordan Attack Planned

[Judi Lynn]

al-Qaida Operative: Jordan Attack Planned

Friday April 30, 2004 10:46 AM


By MAGGIE MICHAEL

Associated Press Writer

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A man identified as al-Qaida operative Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi said on a tape aired Friday that his terror group did indeed plan an attack on Jordan's secret service building, but didn't have a chemical weapon as the Jordanian authorities have alleged.

Jordanian state television has broadcast confessions of a group of plotters allegedly linked to al-Zarqawi who said they were plotting al-Qaida's first chemical bomb attack, which would have been directed against Jordan's secret service building in Amman.

``The (allegation) that there was a chemical bomb to kill thousands of people is a mere lie,'' the reported voice of al-Zarqawi says on a tape broadcast via an Islamic site on the Internet.

``God knows, if we did possess (a chemical bomb), we wouldn't hesitate one second to use it to hit Israeli cities such as Eilat and Tel Aviv,'' the voice said.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4037904,00.html

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