Jordanian intelligence forces believes that last week’s failed attempt to bomb a convoy ferrying Israeli diplomats back to Israel from Jordan was directed by Iran, the Jerusalem Post is reporting.
According to the Post, Jordanian intelligence believes that the attack itself was carried out by local al-Qaida terrorists that Iran funded and smuggled explosives to. A taxi driver is being held on suspicion of involvement in the attack.
The Jordanians believe that the attack was an attempt at revenge for the killing of Iranian scientist Prof. Massoud Ali Mohammadi in Teheran last week, which the Islamic Republic blamed on Israel and the U.S., calling it a “Zionist-style” assassination.
Ali Mohammadi, who has been identified in media reports as both a local prosecutor and a nuclear physicist, was killed by a remote-controlled bomb on a motorcycle.
“We can see Iran’s fingerprints on the roadside bombing,” the Post quoted security sources as saying. “The investigation is continuing in various directions.”
Meanwhile, Israel has been on high alert in recent weeks ahead of the second anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah terror mastermind Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus:
A number of attempts by Hizbullah to avenge Mughniyeh’s February 2008 killing have been thwarted, including a plot last year to bomb Israel’s embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the Israeli defense establishment is concerned that Hizbullah will make an effort to strike an Israeli target ahead of the anniversary.
Security officials are also considering the possibility that the attack may have been carried out by al-Qaida or one of its affiliates, or a Palestinian terrorist group.
Last year, three Hamas activists were sentenced in Jordan to five years in prison for conducting surveillance of the Israeli Embassy in Amman.
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