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The National
01-05-2025
- Politics
- The National
Jordan jails four for 20 years over plans to 'target national security'
A Jordanian court sentenced four people to 20 years in prison on Wednesday over plans to "target national security", after a plot was uncovered last month. The four people were convicted of the "possession of explosives, weapons and ammunition with the intent to use them illegally and commit acts that would disrupt public order and threaten social safety and security, in violation of the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Law", Jordan's State Security Court said in a statement. It comes weeks after the kingdom foiled an armed plot against the kingdom's securityby members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The court statement did not specify whether the four people jailed were members of the group, but said the ruling was part of a "broader case involving 16 defendants". The four were arrested in 2023 after the authorities seized weapons and explosives, it added. Jordan's intelligence service announced on April 15 that it had foiled a plot against the kingdom and arrested 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on suspicion of manufacturing rockets and possessing explosives. Last week, authorities banned any political activities related to the Muslim Brotherhood and closed its offices. The group said it had "no link" to those arrested and that the people involved in the plot carried out "individual actions, within the context of supporting the resistance". The group operates in Jordan under the banner of the Islamic Action Front, a religious party that has played a significant role in organising demonstrations in support of Gaza. The party made gains in Jordan's parliamentary elections in September last year, adding 24 seats to the eight it already held, raising its share of seats to one fifth of the assembly. Official TV reported that Ibrahim Mohammad, one of the 16 arrested, was a "primary" instigator of the plot. He is said to have come up with the plan of making missiles and arranged for two members to visit Lebanon and receive training.
Jordan Times
16-04-2025
- Politics
- Jordan Times
GID dismantles domestic missile production plan linked to outlawed group
AMMAN — Jordan TV on Tuesday aired an investigative report revealing new details about a covert cell that had been working since 2021 to manufacture missiles inside the Kingdom. The operation, described as a major national security threat, was dismantled by the General Intelligence Department (GID) in February 2025 following extensive surveillance and a covert sting operation. According to the report, the cell was motivated by what authorities termed a "dark ideological agenda" and comprised three primary suspects, all of whom were arrested. The group was led by Ibrahim Mohammad, identified as a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood organisation. Ibrahim was accused of initiating the missile production scheme and is currently on trial before the State Security Court in a separate case involving the transport and storage of approximately 30 kilogrammes of high explosives, including TNT, C4 and SEMTEX-H. The report also revealed that Ibrahim had arranged for two of the suspects, Abdullah Hisham and Muath Ghanem, to travel to Lebanon, where they reportedly received training and guidance from a senior operative. A third member, Mohsen Ghanem, was allegedly in charge of coordinating the transfer of funds from abroad. The cell established two main operational locations: a factory in Zarqa Governorate and a warehouse in Amman's Naqeera area. While some of the equipment was sourced locally, other critical machinery was smuggled into the country for illegal use, the report said. The Naqeera warehouse functioned as the group's central hub, housing raw materials, prototype components and missile parts. A hidden room concealed behind a reinforced concrete door led to an underground chamber specifically designed to store the weapons. During raids on the suspects' residences, authorities discovered cylindrical and conical metal components, along with other geometrically shaped items. According to technical experts cited in the report, when fully assembled, the parts formed short-range projectiles resembling Grad rockets. The prototypes lacked explosives, propulsion systems and fuses, but their estimated range was between 3 and 5 kilometres, posing a serious threat to domestic targets. Authorities believe the cell had the potential to manufacture up to 300 similar missiles using the recovered equipment. Security forces had reportedly kept the cell under close surveillance for an extended period and decided to move in once the suspects completed a prototype rocket, marking a critical escalation in the group's activities, the report said. The televised investigation included footage from the production and storage sites, the tools and machinery used, and excerpts from the suspects' video confessions, in which they recounted their activities both inside and outside the Kingdom.
