World IN BRIEF : JORDAN : Amman Welcomes Iraqi Defector
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Jordan said that it welcomed the latest prominent defector from Iraq--an ex-army chief of staff reportedly ousted in 1990 in a dispute over Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. Lt. Gen. Nazir Khazraji directed the armed forces during the final three years of the Iran-Iraq war, making him one of the highest-ranking officers ever to flee President Saddam Hussein’s regime. A Jordanian official would not confirm whether Khazraji had actually arrived in Jordan.
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