Identifier
Created
Classification
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06AMMAN7277
2006-09-21 13:49:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
SAJIDA AL-RISHAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH
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UNCLAS AMMAN 007277
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PHUM ASEC IZ JO
SUBJECT: SAJIDA AL-RISHAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH
REF: A. 05 AMMAN 8828
¶B. AMMAN 4685
¶C. AMMAN 2118
(SBU) Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) on September 21
sentenced seven persons to hang, including would-be suicide
bomber Sajidah al-Rishawi, for the November 2005 Amman Hotel
bombings (ref A). Rishawi, an Iraqi, confessed on Jordan TV
days after the bombings, and then pled not guilty in early
July. She is the first woman ever to be sentenced to death
by the SSC. The other six defendants (Othman Ismail Dalimi;
Hiam Hassan; Walid Hassan; Nihad Rishawi; Karim Jassim
Fahdawi; and Mazen Mohammad Shehadeh) were tried in absentia,
and are believed to be in Iraq. The decision will be
reviewed by the Court of Cassation, Jordan's highest. If the
verdict is upheld, the King must sign a death warrant before
the execution can take place.
Rubinstein