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Yemen grants political asylum to Iraq`s ambassador to Arab League
Sanna, Apr 14: Yemen today granted political asylum to Iraq`s ambassador to the Arab League, Mohsen Khalil, in the wake of the collapse of Saddam Hussein`s quarter-century rule in Baghdad.
Sanna, Apr 14: Yemen today granted political asylum to Iraq's ambassador to the Arab League, Mohsen Khalil, in the wake of the collapse of Saddam Hussein's quarter-century rule in Baghdad.
"Yemen has informed ambassador Mohsen Khalil, Iraq's permanent ambassador to the Arab League in Cairo, of its decision to grant him political asylum," a foreign ministry
spokesman said in a statement.
Khalil applied for asylum on April 9, the day US forces entered central Baghdad, according to the spokesman. Khalil was Iraq's ambassador to Sanaa from 1992 to 1997.
Bureau Report
Khalil applied for asylum on April 9, the day US forces entered central Baghdad, according to the spokesman. Khalil was Iraq's ambassador to Sanaa from 1992 to 1997.