November
11
Jordan has granted citizenship to the wife and sons
of Iraq's jailed former deputy premier Tareq Aziz
who have cultured pearl
jewelry lived in the Kingdom since the 2003
US-led invasion, an official said on Tuesday.
"The Council of Ministers granted Jordanian
citizenship on Monday to Saddam Tareq Aziz and his
mother Violet Yusef Nobud," the official told AFP.
"The elder son, Ziad Tareq Aziz, and his wife, Seba
Mzaffar freshwater
pearl jewelry Antwan, have been granted
citizenship recently, upon their request."
He gave no further details.
Named foreign minister in 1983 and then deputy
prime minister in 1991, Aziz, 73, turned himself in
to US forces in April 2003 after Saddam Hussein was
overthrown.
Aziz, who has been convicted for crimes against
humanity, was from a Chaldean Catholic family.
One of a game
machines handful of long-term senior survivors
of Saddam's regime, Aziz is reported to have
suffered two heart attacks in custody.
About 4.4 million Iraqis have fled their homes
since the 2003 invasion, with about 750,000 now
living in the Kingdom, according to UN and
Jordanian figures.