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Yemeni suspected of al-Qaeda affiliation held in Jordan

Arab World Materials 14 March 2010 14:59 (UTC +04:00)
A Yemeni was on Sunday interrogated by the public prosecutor of Jordan's State Security Court on suspicion of belonging to al-Qaeda and plotting acts of terrorism inside the kingdom, judicial sources said, dpa reported.
Yemeni suspected of al-Qaeda affiliation held in Jordan

A Yemeni was on Sunday interrogated by the public prosecutor of Jordan's State Security Court on suspicion of belonging to al-Qaeda and plotting acts of terrorism inside the kingdom, judicial sources said, dpa reported.

The Yemeni national, Ammar Barouti, is believed to be one of al- Qaeda's leaders in Yemen, tasked with recruiting fighters before sending them to Iraq for fighting US forces there, the sources added.

Barouti was arrested at Jordan's Queen Ali International Airport five months ago during a flight from an Arab country on his way home. "He was suffering from wounds during battles he fought against US forces in Iraq," the judicial sources said, without giving into further details.

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