Would-Be Iraqi Suicide Bomber Tells of Jordanian Hotels Terror Attack

Following are excerpts from the interrogation of would-be suicide bomber Sajida Mubarak 'Atrous Al-Rishawi, aired on Jordanian TV on November 13, 2005.

Anchor: Dear viewers, we now present a recording of the confession made by Sajida Mubarak 'Atrous Al-Rishawi, who was supposed to have blown yourself up along with her husband at the Radisson SAS hotel. She failed in her mission and was apprehended by the security forces.

Al-Rishawi: Sajida Mubarak 'Atrous, born in 1970, an Iraqi national. I live in Ramadi. On November 5, my husband and I went to Jordan, using a forged Iraqi passport bearing the names of Ali Hussein Ali and Sajida Abd Al-Qader Latif.

We were waiting, and then a white car came. In it were the driver and another man sitting next to him. We drove with them into Jordan.

My husband came from there and organized... I don't know.

Interrogator: In Jordan, you rented an apartment?

Al-Rishawi: Yes, in Jordan. We rented an apartment.

He had two explosives belts. He put one on me, and wore the other. He taught me how to use it, what to pull, and what to do in order to operate it. The targets were the hotels in Jordan. He rented a car, and we went to the hotel. This was November 9.

We entered the hotel, my husband and I. He took a corner, and I took another. There was a wedding party at the hotel. There were children, women, and men. My husband detonated (his belt), and I tried to do the same, but it didn't explode.

I went out. People were running out, and I ran with them.