Jordan claims to have foiled Iraqi terror plots

Authorities in Jordan claim to have foiled two Iraqi terror plots.

Authorities in Jordan claim to have foiled two Iraqi terror plots.

It is claimed one entailed Iraqi diplomats planning to contaminate water supplies to Jordanian and US troops on the desert border with Iraq.

The second one - for which four Iraqis were arrested last week - allegedly involved a plot to bomb a luxury hotel used by Americans and other Westerners, including about 70 journalists, Jordanian sources said.

AP

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