Article: 13 LINKED TO BIN LADEN ARRESTED JORDAN SEIZES MEMBERS OF A TERRORIST GROUP.(News)

Jordanian authorities have arrested 13 members of a terrorist group linked to exiled Saudi militant Osama bin Laden who were planning attacks against Americans, Israelis and other targets, a senior Jordanian official said yesterday.

At the White House, spokesman Joe Lockhart declined to discuss details of the arrests, other than to note they had been carried out by the Jordanian government.

The terrorist group included 11 Jordanians, one Iraqi and one Algerian, the senior official said. He declined to provide further details. A security official said the arrests were made three days ago. The men asked not to be indentified.

Lockhart said, ``We ...

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