Jordanian military court convicts suspect of raising funds for al-Zarqawi

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Amman, Oct 31, SPA -- Jordan's military court convicted aterror suspect Sunday of raising funds to help Abu-Musabal-Zarqawi, the most-wanted militant in Iraq, carry outattacks on U.S. forces there and against Jordanianinterests in the kingdom. Bilal al-Hiyari was sentenced tosix months in jail. The court, however, acquitted al-Hiyari, 34, of conspiracyto carry out terror attacks, saying there was littleevidence to implicate him. Under Jordanian law, verdicts resulting in less than threeyears imprisonment cannot be appealed.--SPA1357 Local Time 1057 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/214457

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