Amman, Jordan ? A military court upheld a guilty verdict and death sentence Sunday against a Jordanian-American accused of conspiring to carry out poison gas attacks on American and Israeli targets in the kingdom three years ago.

The ruling came nearly two months after an appeals court ordered a retrial, saying military judges in State Security Court had insufficient evidence to convict Raed Hijazi, 33, last February of possessing arms and manufacturing explosives.

“The State Security Court decided not to comply with the ruling of the appeals court,” said Col. Fawaz Buqour, presiding over a three-judge panel.

Hijazi, wearing a navy blue prison uniform, stood silently as the verdict was read out in a courtroom guarded by a dozen armed policemen.

Hijazi — who was born in San Jose, Calif., and carries Jordanian and American passports — had pleaded innocent to seven charges, including possession of arms and explosives and conspiring to blow up Jordanian sites frequented by American and Israeli tourists during the New Year 2000 celebrations.

Prosecutors said Hijazi planned to attack sites including Mount Nebo, from which tradition says Moses saw the promised land, and a Christian settlement along the Jordan River where John the Baptist is said to have baptized Jesus.