JORDAN SENTENCES 9 AL QAIDA MEN TO DEATH
AMMAN [MENL] -- Jordan has sentenced to death nine Al Qaida operatives,including Abu Mussib Al Zarqawi, convicted of seeking to destroy thekingdom's intelligence headquarters with chemical weapons. A Jordanian military court sentenced Al Zarqawi and eight others forplotting to target several key installations in the kingdom. Al Zarqawi andthree others were sentenced in absentia.