Men in Jordan charged with attack plots

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AMMAN, Jordan - Two men were charged Sunday with plotting attacks against Americans living in Jordan.

Prosecutors indicted Mohammed Shehada, 25, a Jordanian, and Sameeh al-Hotari, 25, who was born in Kuwait, for conspiracy to carry out terrorist attacks and possession of an automatic weapon, a Kalashnikov.

Shehada and al-Hotari, who were in police custody, allegedly decided to avenge Muslims "who suffer from the Americans" and planned to kill an American man who lived in a suburb of the Jordanian capital, Amman. The indictment did not identify the American.

The two suspects began watching the American in August but were arrested before they could try to kill him, the indictment said.

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