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Viewing cable 06AMMAN7277, SAJIDA AL-RISHAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06AMMAN7277 2006-09-21 13:49 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Amman 
VZCZCXYZ0001
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHAM #7277 2641349
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 211349Z SEP 06
FM AMEMBASSY AMMAN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4304
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
 
UNCLAS AMMAN 007277 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PHUM ASEC IZ JO
SUBJECT: SAJIDA AL-RISHAWI SENTENCED TO DEATH 
 
REF: A. 05 AMMAN 8828 
 
     B. AMMAN 4685 
     C. AMMAN 2118 
 
(SBU)  Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) on September 21 
sentenced seven persons to hang, including would-be suicide 
bomber Sajidah al-Rishawi, for the November 2005 Amman Hotel 
bombings (ref A).  Rishawi, an Iraqi, confessed on Jordan TV 
days after the bombings, and then pled not guilty in early 
July.  She is the first woman ever to be sentenced to death 
by the SSC.  The other six defendants (Othman Ismail Dalimi; 
Hiam Hassan; Walid Hassan; Nihad Rishawi; Karim Jassim 
Fahdawi; and Mazen Mohammad Shehadeh) were tried in absentia, 
and are believed to be in Iraq.  The decision will be 
reviewed by the Court of Cassation, Jordan's highest.  If the 
verdict is upheld, the King must sign a death warrant before 
the execution can take place. 
Rubinstein