Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi

Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi (born 1970) is a would-be female suicide bomber, who took part in the 2005 Amman bombings in Jordan but survived when her explosive belt failed to detonate. She was the wife of Ali Hussein Ali al-Shamari, who killed 38 people during a wedding party at the Amman Radisson hotel, and is reportedly the sister of a former close aide of deceased al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.[1]

She was later captured by Jordanian authorities and confessed on national TV. She was shown making a videotaped confession with an apparent suicide bomb device around her and a detonator in hand showing that the device failed to explode, but later retracted her confession.[2]

She was sentenced to death by hanging by a Jordanian military court on September 21, 2006.[2] She appealed against this conviction but, in January 2007, her appeal was dismissed.[3][4] As of October 4, 2010, she still in the process of appeal of her sentence.[5]

See also

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Jordan portal
Biography portal
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References

  1. ^ "Jordan: Female bomber is sister of top Al-Qaida figure in Iraq". Amman, Jordan: AP/Haaretz. 12 November 2005. http://www.haaretz.com/news/jordan-female-bomber-is-sister-of-top-al-qaida-figure-in-iraq-1.173905. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Failed Amman hotel bomber to hang BBC News, 21 September 2006
  3. ^ "Jordan upholds death penalty for the failed female suicide bomber". Amman, Jordan: People's Daily. 28 January 2007. http://english.people.com.cn/200701/28/eng20070128_345443.html. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 
  4. ^ "Would-be bomber to face execution in Jordan". Amman, Jordan: AP/SeatleTimes. 28 January 2007. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003544743_jordan28.html. Retrieved 9 June 2011. 
  5. ^ Jordan convicts 10 on terrorism charges, The Telegraph, October 4, 2010

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