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Six jailed by Jordan for plotting to fight Israel in Gaza
Mar 2, 2010, 14:33 GMT
Amman - Jordan's State Security Court on Tuesday handed down lengthy jail terms to six Jordanians convicted of planning attacks on Israeli troops during their military operation in the Gaza Strip in January 2009, judicial sources said.
Five of the suspects were arrested in April and May 2009, while the other is still at large and was tried in absentia.
Mohammad Jamal Hamdan, who is still at large, was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour.
Osama Abu Kabir, Sakhr Zeidan and Hassan Khalayleh were sentenced to 15 years with hard labour. The court also jailed Walid Abu Ourah and Alauddin Khawaldeh for five years with hard labour.
'All defendants plotted to leave Jordan illegally and join fighters in the Gaza Strip at the beginning of 2009,' the indictment said.
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