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Israel thwarted Hamas plan to attack Israelis in Jordan in 2005

By The Associated Press

Israeli authorities have foiled a plot by a Hamas militant to attack Israeli tourists at a hotel in neighboring Jordan, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office announced Tuesday.

A statement said Khader Shkeir, from the West Bank village of Ein Arik, was arrested on July 31. It gave no reason for the delay in announcing the arrest.

The statement said Shkeir admitted to planning the attack during a visit to Jordan in 2005 with an accomplice. It said the suspects chose the Radisson SAS hotel in Amman and a second hotel as their targets.

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According to the statement, the pair planned to board a bus carrying tourists to the hotels and carry out a mass shooting attack. It said they bought two AK-47 automatic weapons for the attack, but the plan went awry when Jordanian authorities arrested Shkeir on suspicion of militant activity and deported him to the West Bank.

The statement said that Shkeir continued to work with Hamas after returning to the West Bank.

There was no immediate reaction from Jordan.

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1.	And I thought Hamas maintained a hudnah.....	16:42	\|	Dafna	18/09/07

2.	ah Hamas, such a viable partner in the peace process	18:05	\|	Jay	18/09/07

3.	Dafna all pal are Liarssssssssss	18:12	\|	Victor_The_Egyptian	18/09/07

4.	1Dafna,Hamas observed a truce 2006,and it was israel who broke it	18:31	\|	lakshmi	18/09/07

5.	HAMAS members should be punished as terrorists	18:46	\|	Vittorio	18/09/07

6.	palestinian terrorism is the problem	19:49	\|	Igor D.	18/09/07

7.	The Gaza pull-out	20:28	\|	KUTW	18/09/07

8.	# 5 and terrorist should be punished by death	20:36	\|	terrornator	18/09/07

9.	that country is Jordan	20:50	\|	Viken	18/09/07

10.	#4 Lakshmi, What you wrote is untrue.	22:28	\|	Murray of Montreal	18/09/07

11.	Hamas broke the truce within hours by launching rockets Lakshmi	22:43	\|	Jasmine Murphy	18/09/07

12.	Igor, the root is not palestinian terrorism	23:00	\|	Rory	18/09/07

13.	Victor_The_Egyptian	00:24	\|	alan	19/09/07

14.	why is he telling us NOW ?it is old news	00:28	\|	Gisele	19/09/07

15.	rory 12 Terrorism is Occupation and state terrorism	00:30	\|	Gisele	19/09/07

16.	Israel needs to break the hudna to provoke a retaliation	00:34	\|	Gisele	19/09/07

17.	This belated announcement brought to you by	01:07	\|	Mark Lincoln	19/09/07

18.	Lakshmi#4 - one doesn`t have to hold a gun to break a hudna	01:17	\|	William	19/09/07

19.	to Rory, 12	15:48	\|	Igor D.	19/09/07

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