Dubai: An audiotape attributed to alleged top al-Qaeda operative Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi today (April 30, 2004) claimed al-Qaeda planned to destroy the Jordanian intelligence headquarters, but not in a chemical attack as charged by Amman.

A plan was destined to "totally destroy the building of the Jordanian intelligence services" with "raw materials which are sold on the market", said the tape made available on the Islamist Website http://alminbar.front.ru/mosabjo.rm.

The tape, the authenticity of which could not be verified, rejected the "lies" concerning a planned chemical attack by the terror network in Amman.

"The Jordanian security services have lied in claiming to have foiled a plan to kill innocent Muslims," said the speaker, said to be Zarqawi.

He accused Amman of "creating an outcry and presenting the Jordanian people as a victim targeted at the hands of terrorism ... in order to hide the sordid face of the Jordanian intelligence services".

He charged the "evil Jordanian services" with "fabricating (the affair) of the chemical bomb".

"If we had such a bomb - and we ask God that we have such a bomb soon - we would not hesitate for a moment to strike Israeli towns, such as Eilat, Tel Aviv and others."

Jordan announced on April 26 it had foiled a plot by al-Qaeda to hit the capital with chemical explosives which could have killed tens of thousands of people.