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Jordan arrests 11 militants in terror plot

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: October 22, 2012 at 5:10 a.m.

BILAL HUSSEIN
Credit: AP
 Lebanese women weep during the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard Ahmad Sahyouni, who were killed in a car bombing on Sunday in Beirut.

Jordanian authorities have arrested 11 suspected al-Qaida-linked militants accused of planning to attack shopping malls and Western diplomatic missions in the country, the government said Sunday.

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