(Reuters) Jordan's military court sentenced a radical Muslim preacher and three Saudi fugitives sympathetic to al-Qaeda to 15 years in jail Monday for possessing arms in an alleged plot to attack U.S. troops in Jordan. Cell members were originally charged with targeting Jordan's army bases where they believed American troops were stationed. But the military tribunal dropped the main charge of "conspiracy," with chief judge Fawaz al-Baqour telling the court, "The defendants' search for U.S. troops in Jordan was deemed an impossible target as there are no troops on Jordanian soil."
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