Jordan foils Qaeda plot, arrests 11 militants : state TV

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AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan foiled a major plot by an al Qaeda-linked cell to destabilize the key U.S. ally's security by bombing shopping centers and assassinating Western diplomats, state television said on Sunday. Security forces detained 11 suspects in connection with a plot going on since June to carry out attacks in the capital Amman using smuggled weapons and explosives brought from Syria, according to security officials cited by television. "Their plans included getting explosives and mortars from Syria," a security source told Reuters. ...

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