Deek, a citizen of both the United States and Jordan, has denied the charges and that he has ties to bin Laden, said his lawyer, Younis Arab. The sites targeted were Moses' reputed tomb at Mount Nebo, the Church of St. John the Baptist, where the bible says Jesus was baptized, and one of the border crossings between Israel and Jordan, the sources said. The 13 suspected gunmen and bombers were picked up as they arrived at the airport in Amman on Dec. 5. Deek was arrested days later in Pakistan, charged with bomb-making activities. At the request of Jordan's King Abdullah, Pakistan arrested Deek on Dec. 14 and extradited him to Jordan two days later, law enforcement sources said.
Officials say two more people believed to be linked with the group remain at large outside Jordan.
And the FBI believes the man behind all this is Osama bin Laden. Khalil Deek admitted in a Jordanian court he received military training in Afghanistan where bin Laden maintains his camps, and that he once shared a bank account with a man U.S. investigators say is bin Laden's chief of military operations. A Family Man' Palestinian by birth, Deek left California in 1997, after obtaining American citizenship, to live in Pakistan. Deek's family expressed shock at the news of his indictment last week. He's well-respected among his friends and his people.