Jordan Times
Thursday, March 2, 2006
GID foils terror attack
AMMAN (Petra) — Authorities on Wednesday
announced that they foiled a suicide attack by an Al Qaeda-linked group on “a
vital civilian installation” and arrested three terror suspects.
A security official said the General Intelligence Department (GID) seized four
kilogrammes of heavy explosives, which were of the same type used in the
November 9 triple hotel bombings in Amman that killed 60 people.
Would-be suicide attacker Mohammad Saeed Hamad Gheith Darsi, a 25-year-old
Libyan, was arrested along with Iraqi nationals Mohsen Mazloum Jassam Lousi, 34,
and Abdul Karim Khudeir Ibrahim Abbas Jmeili, 48, both of whom provided
logistical assistance in the plot.
The three were referred to the State Security Court.
The official said the GID was tracking down four other terror suspects who
participated in plotting and supporting the criminal act and are currently in
one of the neighbouring countries.
The four were identified as Turki Nasser Abdullah, a 25-year-old Saudi citizen,
and Iraqi nationals Saad Fawzi Hatem Muhyiddin Obeidi, 33, Yousef Abdul Rahman
Obeidi and Saad Fakhri Younis Nueimi, 40.
According to the official, the GID, with His Majesty King Abdullah's directives
and support, foiled several terrorist plots in the Kingdom since the beginning
of 2006 and seized automatic weapons, explosives, rocket propelled-grenades,
which were brought into Jordan from neighbouring countries by terrorist groups.