Jordanian state television reported on Wednesday that intelligence services foiled an al-Qaeda plot to mount a suicide attack against a key civilian target. The authorities did not name the installation that was targeted but said they had confiscated 4 kg (9 lb) of explosives that were to be used in a suicide operation.
"The intelligence department has foiled a terrorist plot of a group belonging to the al Qaeda network, of Iraqi, Libyan and Saudi nationals, to execute by a suicide bombing an operation targeting a critical civilian installation," state television said.
The government said three militants that had been under surveillance by the security forces were arrested -- a Libyan national, Mohammad Darsi, 25, who was to be the suicide bomber, and two Iraqis, Muhsen al-Lousi and Abdul Karim al-Jumaili, who gave him logistical support.
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