JORDAN'S MILITARY COURT ON TUESDAY FOUND 10 MILITANTS GUILTY OF CONSPIRING TO ATTACK U.S. FORCES IN JORDAN AND NEIGHBORING IRAQ, AND SENTENCED THEM TO PRISON TERMS RANGING FROM TWO TO FIVE YEARS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED. THE COURT ACQUITTED SEVEN OTHERS FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE. THE GUILTY VERDICTS CAN BE APPEALED. ALL 17 WERE IN CUSTODY, CHARGED WITH DIFFERENT COUNTS INCLUDING CONSPIRING TO COMMIT TERRORISM AND ATTEMPTING TO HARM JORDAN'S RELATIONS WITH A FOREIGN COUNTRY _ A REFERENCE TO IRAQ, WHERE THE SUSPECTS ALLEGEDLY PLANNED SUICIDE OPERATIONS AGAINST U.S. FORCES BUT DID NOT MANAGE TO TRAVEL THERE.
