Jordan foils 'criminal plot linked to ISIS' in deadly raid

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Irbid, Jordan (CNN)ISIS militants planned to strike civilian and military targets inside Jordan but were foiled by authorities, a government agency said.

A series of raids carried out Tuesday into Wednesday in Irbid, Jordan, led to the arrests of 13 people alleged to have been part of the plot, the state-run Petra news agency reported, citing the General Intelligence Directorate, Jordan's national intelligence agency.

But that was just the beginning. Seven other alleged terrorists, wearing suicide belts and carrying automatic weapons, then attacked Jordanian security forces in the northern Jordanian city, which is 55 miles north of Amman and about 13 miles from the Syrian border.

That onslaught ended with all seven attackers killed, as well as one member of Jordan's specialized security force. Two civilians and two security force members were wounded, government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said on local radio.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/02/middleeast/jordan-isis-foiled-plot/

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1. Jordan’s raid on ISIL terror cell kills seven

AMMAN // Jordanian security forces killed seven extremist militants wearing explosive belts in a raid on an ISIL linked-cell near the Syrian border.

The predawn operation on Wednesday targeted a hideout in the city of Irbid where the militants had been planning to carry out terror attacks against civilian and military targets in the country, security officials said.

A Jordanian officer was killed in the fighting and five security personnel and two civilians were injured during the clashes.

Thirteen other militants were arrested in the raid, which the Jordanian Intelligence Department described as one of the largest manhunts since the start of the Syrian conflict.

http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/jordans-raid-on-isil-terror-cell-kills-seven