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Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat- The Jordanian authorities have told former Iraqi Defense Minister Hazim al-Shalan not to exercise any political or media activities on Jordanian territories in light of reports about a possible Iraqi request for his extradition in connection with charges of financial and administrative corruption at the Defense Ministry under his leadership. Jordanian sources told Asharq al-Awsat that the government had prevented al-Shalan from announcing from Jordan the establishment of a new Iraqi political organization called the "Parliament" and prohibited him from meeting with journalists or giving press interviews on Jordanian soil. The sources added that al-Shalan had complied...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq's interim defense minister said on Friday the government would arrest Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi after the Eid al-Adha holiday for allegedly maligning the defense ministry. "We will arrest him and hand him over to Interpol. We will arrest him based on facts that he wanted to malign the reputation of the defense ministry and defense minister," Hazim al-Shaalan told Al Jazeera television, adding the measures would start after the Muslim holiday which began on Jan. 20.