| PAPER CHASE NEWSBURST |  
|
| Serious law. Primary sources. Global perspective. |
|
|
 |
|
 Thursday, May 12, 2005 |
Iraq asks Jordan for Chalabi pardon
Jamie Sterling at 2:55 PM ET
[JURIST] Jordan's King Abdullah [official website] announced Thursday that he was willing to review the 1992 conviction of Ahmad Chalabi [BBC profile], sentenced in absentia by a Jordanian court to 22 years of hard labor for embezzling funds from Petra Bank, which Chalabi founded during a long residence in Jordan. The bank's 1989 collapse shook up Jordan's financial system. Chalabi, once a controversial Iraqi opposition leader and staunch US ally, was recently named as one of four deputy prime ministers [JURIST report] in Iraq's new elected government, a development leading Iraqi President Jalal Talabani [BBC News profile] to ask Jordan for a pardon. King Abdullah has made no promises, however, and has stated that he would require millions of dollars of the embezzled funds - said to total som $300M - to be returned. Chalabi once faced counterfeiting charges [JURIST report] in Iraq but those were later dropped [JURIST report]. Reuters has more.
Link |
|
|
print |
subscribe |
 |
latest newscast |
 Facebook page
| For a one-stop snapshot of the latest legal news that matters, with breaking documents, new legal videos, live law-related webcasts, commentary by expert law professors and more - all updated through the day in real time, with no ads and no registration barriers - visit JURIST's homepage and check back often... |
|
|
| ABOUT | |
|
|
Paper Chase is JURIST's real-time legal news service, powered by a team of 30 law student reporters and editors led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. As an educational service, Paper Chase is dedicated to presenting important legal news and materials rapidly, objectively and intelligibly in an accessible, ad-free format.
|
|
|
