Two men were convicted in a Jordanian military court on Tuesday to five years in jail for plotting to carry out attacks against liquor stores and Western tourists in Jordan.
Another two men who had also been charged were acquitted, one having died from cancer since his arrest and another, Mamdouh abu Lubeh, given a token sentence for aiding the two convicted men, Yousef Al Jaghameen and Sufian Al Samamrah.
The four, all Jordanian citizens of Palestinian descent ranging from ages 30 to 48, had been arrested last January for planning attacks against tourists in the Jordanian Red Sea resort town of Aqaba.
The four had been surveying liquor stores in Jordan when they were spotted by authorities. A three-man tribunal convicted the men on a count of conspiracy as well as illegal possession of firearms, which they were found carrying when they were taken into custody.
Defense lawyer Sameeh Khreis told reporters that he planned to appeal the guilty verdicts, according to the AP.
The men had supposedly initially planned to fight in Iraq, but decided instead to plan their attacks on targets within Jordan.
