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How Will Suspects in Foley's Murder Be Tried?
Aired December 14, 2002 - 18:17 ET
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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Jordan does not have a formal extradition treaty with the United States, so if the two men are tried in Jordan, the trial will be held in a state security court, where proceedings are usually secret. This has to do with the murder of a U.S. diplomat.
CNN's Jane Arraf joins us now from Amman, Jordan, with more on this. Jane, what have you learned?
JANE ARRAF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Carol, Jordanian authorities here, particularly the information minister, Mohammed Affash Adwan, is saying that actually this assassination of U.S. diplomat William Foley was really just the beginning, that these two men, who are in Jordanian custody, were planning attacks on a wide range of targets: other embassies, other diplomats, Jordanian officials and Jordanian institutions.
Now, he said that the United States has not requested the extradition of these men, who he says have confessed while they've been in Jordanian custody. He says the crimes were committed on Jordanian soil; they will be tried in a Jordanian security court, as you noted. And they will receive punishment in Jordan. Now that punishment will probably be the death penalty.
Now officials here say they're looking further into links with al Qaeda. The disturbing thing is that they say this was directed by a top al Qaeda official. They now say that they have made pretty good in-roads into finding out what happened with the assassination of this official and cracking down on any plans to commit any further such crimes -- Carol.
LIN: All right. Thank you very much. Jane Arraf on the latest on that story, the confession by two al Qaeda suspects to the killing of a U.S. diplomat.
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Aired December 14, 2002 - 18:17 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Jordan does not have a formal extradition treaty with the United States, so if the two men are tried in Jordan, the trial will be held in a state security court, where proceedings are usually secret. This has to do with the murder of a U.S. diplomat.
CNN's Jane Arraf joins us now from Amman, Jordan, with more on this. Jane, what have you learned?
JANE ARRAF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Carol, Jordanian authorities here, particularly the information minister, Mohammed Affash Adwan, is saying that actually this assassination of U.S. diplomat William Foley was really just the beginning, that these two men, who are in Jordanian custody, were planning attacks on a wide range of targets: other embassies, other diplomats, Jordanian officials and Jordanian institutions.
Now, he said that the United States has not requested the extradition of these men, who he says have confessed while they've been in Jordanian custody. He says the crimes were committed on Jordanian soil; they will be tried in a Jordanian security court, as you noted. And they will receive punishment in Jordan. Now that punishment will probably be the death penalty.
Now officials here say they're looking further into links with al Qaeda. The disturbing thing is that they say this was directed by a top al Qaeda official. They now say that they have made pretty good in-roads into finding out what happened with the assassination of this official and cracking down on any plans to commit any further such crimes -- Carol.
LIN: All right. Thank you very much. Jane Arraf on the latest on that story, the confession by two al Qaeda suspects to the killing of a U.S. diplomat.
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