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Jordan: Plot Foiled to Bomb Embassies, Resorts
(Reuters) Jordan said on Monday it had broken a cell of Islamist militants arrested before the Iraq war who planned to bomb embassies, resorts, and U.S. targets. The suspects, including four Saudis and one Syrian, have since been charged with committing acts of terror against U.S. and Western interests, possession of explosives, and membership in an illegal underground party. In a separate development, 11 Islamists went on trial in Jordan last week for the murder of U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley in October 2002, but the alleged mastermind, who U.S. officials say has close links to Saudi-born fugitive Osama bin Laden, remained on the run.