[Excerpt: Jordanians, who declined to be quoted by name, welcomed Chalabi�s possible hand over, but said they did not wish to interfere in domestic Iraqi election campaign issues. Therefore, they would only accept the politician being handed over by Interpol and not directly from Baghdad.]
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/January/focusoniraq_January181.xml§ion=focusoniraq Iraq�s defence minister wants to hand Chalabi over to Jordan (DPA) 23 January 2005 AMMAN/CAIRO- A bitter dispute between Iraqi interim Defence Minister Hazim al-Shalan and his political rival Ahmed Chalabi escalated on Sunday, a week before democratic elections for Iraq�s transitional national assembly. During a visit to Amman, Shalan said he would have Chalabi arrested and handed over to Jordan. �He has fled to the city of Basra (southern Iraq) and is being protected by the governor who belongs to the Badr Brigade (the militia of the Shiite party SCIRI)�, the Arab daily al-Sharq al-Awsat quoted Shalan as saying. At the start of the 1990s, Chalabi, who was once favoured by the Pentagon, received a prison sentence in absentia in Jordan for embezzling money from a bank. Jordanians, who declined to be quoted by name, welcomed Chalabi�s possible hand over, but said they did not wish to interfere in domestic Iraqi election campaign issues. Therefore, they would only accept the politician being handed over by Interpol and not directly from Baghdad. Chalabi had publically accused Shalan of corruption last week. Shalan now wants him to stand trial for defamation. A spokesman for Chalabi�s party, who stands good chances of winning a place on the largest Shiite election alliance�s list of candidates, spoke of �false accusations� and said it was not up to the minister to order his arrest. enditem UNRESTRICTED ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
