TWO TERROR PLOTTER INMATES ESCAPE FROM JORDAN'S

UNCLAS AMMAN 002637 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PTER ASEC JO SUBJECT: TWO TERROR PLOTTER INMATES ESCAPE FROM JORDAN'S JWEIDEH PRISON REF: A. 06 AMMAN 7630 ¶B. 06 AMMAN 7739 ¶C. AMMAN 1801 ¶D. 06 AMMAN 3469 ¶1. (U) Two inmates, Ma'adh Breizat and Sa'ad Fakhri Yunis al Na'imi, escaped June 19 from Jordan's Jweideh prison - a correctional facility located approximately 20 kilometers south of Amman. According to press reports, the inmates managed to escape by hiding themselves among families who were visiting other inmates at the prison. ¶2. (SBU) Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) sentenced Ma'adh Breizat to 20 years of hard labor in September 2006 for his involvement in a 2005 plot to attack Americans working at the Joint International Police Training center (ref A). Post submitted Breizat to the Visa Viper program in September 2006 (ref B). ¶3. (SBU) The SSC sentenced Sa'ad Fakhri Yunis al Na'imi to life imprisonment in April 2007 for his involvement in a 2006 plot that targeted Jordan's Queen Alia International Airport, Aqaba and Dead Sea hotels (ref C). Post submitted al Na'imi to the Visa Viper program in May 2006 (ref D). ¶4. (SBU) Jordan's Public Security Directorate (PSD) and General Intelligence Directorate (GID) are coordinating their search for the two escapees. On June 19, after authorities unsuccessfully searched the Breizat home, Breizat's father told reporters that his son should surrender to authorities. Hale