JORDAN/IRAQ

Alternet: Jordan MPs seek extradition of Iraqi politician

AMMAN, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Jordanian deputies will lobby the government
to extradite Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi, convicted in Jordan of
embezzling millions from a bank in the late 1980s, a leading parliamentarian said
on Sunday. Mahmoud Kharabsheh said he was finding wide support for a
petition he was circulating among deputies to hold a special session soon in the
110-member house to demand the government take legal steps to seek
Chalabi's extradition from Iraq. "We will demand the extradition of
the criminal (Chalabi) and that he is handed over to stand trial for
embezzlement of public funds," a pro-government deputy Kharabsheh told
Reuters.