Jordan's new measures aimed at foreigners
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-16 01:42

She could face the death penalty, security officials have said.

Her husband, identified as Ali Hussein Ali al-Shamari, detonated his bomb and killed more than 20 people attending a Jordanian-Palestinian wedding reception at the Radisson.

Police believe al-Rishawi may provide vital clues to al-Qaida in Iraq and possibly al-Zarqawi's whereabouts. Authorities believe more people helped arrange the attacks, but it was unclear if they were among 12 suspects under arrest.

Jordan identified the two other Iraqi suicide bombers as Safaa Mohammed Ali and Rawad Jassem Mohammed, both 23.

The U.S. military in Iraq said American troops detained an Iraqi of the same name as one of the bombers, Safaa Mohammed Ali, during November 2004 operations in Fallujah, but released him after two weeks because there was no "compelling evidence" he posed a security threat.

The American military could not confirm that the man it released was among the three Amman hotel bombers.