Jordan jails eight for plot to attack Israeli embassy – Court says Hezbollah-linked group also planned to strike US troops, ship arms to Palestinians | The Times of Israel

Jordan handed down jail sentences Wednesday against seven of its citizens and a Syrian for planning attacks on US soldiers in the country and on the Israeli embassy, a judicial source said.
Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign up!The plots in question would have involved “terrorist acts” against the US service personnel at a Jordan military base in al-Moaqar in 2006 and against the Israeli embassy in Amman in 2008, the source said without elaborating.