Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06AMMAN1827
2006-03-12 16:40:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
TWO FOLEY ASSASSINS HANGED
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UNCLAS AMMAN 001827
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC JO
SUBJECT: TWO FOLEY ASSASSINS HANGED
REF: A. CARLSON-S/ES OPS TELCON MARCH 11
B. AMMAN 1503
C. 05 AMMAN 2889
UNCLAS AMMAN 001827
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC JO
SUBJECT: TWO FOLEY ASSASSINS HANGED
REF: A. CARLSON-S/ES OPS TELCON MARCH 11
B. AMMAN 1503
C. 05 AMMAN 2889
1. (U) Jordanian authorities carried out the executions of
two men convicted for the October 28, 2002 assassination of
USAID diplomat Lawrence Foley. Libyan national Salim Suwayd,
and Jordanian national Yasir Furayhat were hanged at dawn
March 11.
2. (U) The executions came ten days after riots broke out at
three prisons in Jordan including Swaqa Correctional and
Rehabilitation Center, the prison where the two were held.
Some media reported rioters claiming that the uprisings were
in reaction to the authorities' attempt to execute Suwayd and
Furayhat. Authorities ended the disturbances without loss of
life (ref B).
3. (SBU) In keeping with traditional practices here,
Furayhat's remains were buried the day he died. According to
media reports, hundreds of people in his home village of
Rusaifeh, north of Amman, joined the funeral procession.
According to Jordanian Public Security Directorate contacts,
mourners chanted "God is great; to heaven with these two
souls, and to hell will everyone else," while they carried
his body to the village cemetery.
4. (U) Jordan initially charged 11 men for Foley's murder.
Out of the eleven, Suwayd and Furayhat are the only two that
have been executed. Two others are currently serving
sentences of 15 and 6 years; one was acquitted; and six
others, including Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al
Zarqawi, were sentenced to death in absentia. One other
sentenced to death in absentia, Muammar Jaghbir, was
eventually captured in Iraq and is currently being retried in
Jordan.
HALE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC JO
SUBJECT: TWO FOLEY ASSASSINS HANGED
REF: A. CARLSON-S/ES OPS TELCON MARCH 11
B. AMMAN 1503
C. 05 AMMAN 2889
1. (U) Jordanian authorities carried out the executions of
two men convicted for the October 28, 2002 assassination of
USAID diplomat Lawrence Foley. Libyan national Salim Suwayd,
and Jordanian national Yasir Furayhat were hanged at dawn
March 11.
2. (U) The executions came ten days after riots broke out at
three prisons in Jordan including Swaqa Correctional and
Rehabilitation Center, the prison where the two were held.
Some media reported rioters claiming that the uprisings were
in reaction to the authorities' attempt to execute Suwayd and
Furayhat. Authorities ended the disturbances without loss of
life (ref B).
3. (SBU) In keeping with traditional practices here,
Furayhat's remains were buried the day he died. According to
media reports, hundreds of people in his home village of
Rusaifeh, north of Amman, joined the funeral procession.
According to Jordanian Public Security Directorate contacts,
mourners chanted "God is great; to heaven with these two
souls, and to hell will everyone else," while they carried
his body to the village cemetery.
4. (U) Jordan initially charged 11 men for Foley's murder.
Out of the eleven, Suwayd and Furayhat are the only two that
have been executed. Two others are currently serving
sentences of 15 and 6 years; one was acquitted; and six
others, including Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al
Zarqawi, were sentenced to death in absentia. One other
sentenced to death in absentia, Muammar Jaghbir, was
eventually captured in Iraq and is currently being retried in
Jordan.
HALE