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Hamas Plot Suspects in Jordan Say They Trained in Syria
(Reuters) Suleiman al-Khalidi - Two Hamas activists arrested in Jordan last month in connection with a plot to stage attacks in the country said in televised confessions on Thursday they had received military training in Syria. The suspects said they were recruited by operatives from Hamas' Damascus-based leadership. Jordanian state television showed piles of rocket launchers that were part of uncovered Hamas arms caches. Jordanian Ayman Daraghmeh, 34, said he was ordered by a Syrian-based Hamas contact he had met in Damascus to follow a Jordanian intelligence officer and photograph him. Another suspect, Ahmad Abu Dhaib, confessed to going to Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba to undertake surveillance of targets that Western tourists frequent. Jordanian officials say they are still searching for other arms caches that Hamas had hidden across the country.