Jordanian Al Qaeda Cell Smashed

(Amman, Jordan) After last month's attacks at Sharm el-Sheikh and in London, the Jordanian Security Forces have been more vigilant and aggressive in protecting the kingdom.

From the Indo-Asian News Service (Deutsche Presse Agentur):

Jordanian authorities have broken up a terror cell of 17 suspects who belonged to Al Qaeda branches in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, the pro-government al-Rai daily reported Thursday.

"The suspects planned to stage attacks on intelligence personnel and foreign officers inside the country," the paper quoted State Security Court Public Prosecutor Fawaz Otoum as saying.

They were also involved in recruiting terrorists and collecting donations for Al Qaeda groups in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, he added.

Otoum expected the suspects to go on trial before the state security court at the end of this month.

The terrorists, ages 22 to 27, were arrested in Amman's western neighborhoods. The courts in Jordan are currently trying several groups suspected of plotting acts of terrorism inside Jordan. One group planned the country's first chemical attack in coordination with the Jordanian fugitive Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi. Notably, those convicted of terrorism can be condemned to death.

This is good news. Anytime a pocket of evil is cleansed, it should be heralded. Unfortunately, the MSM ignores good news in the GWOT since they are busy checking on the adopted children of SCOTUS nominee, John Roberts.