Report: Al Qaeda Plotted Against Jordanian King in 2008

Iraq Al Qaeda plotted to kill Jordan’s King Abdullah II during his trip to the country in 2008. That, according to Jordanian newspaper Al Dostour.

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The King was originally scheduled to visit the war torn nation in July, but cancelled for seemingly unknown reasons. Al Dostour says it was because Jordanian Intelligence learned of an assassination plot by Al Qaeda.

The Intelligence managed to track down the terrorists and had them arrested near Baghdad.

Officials in Jordan are neither confirming or denying this report.

Al Qaeda has in the past targeted King Abdullah and his wife, Queen Rania. Back in 2000, during a vacation in the Mediterranean, the terrorist group tried to blow up their yacht using explosives. But intelligences were able to prevent anything from happening.