The Iraqi government put pressure on Jordan for the confiscation of Saddam's money

Islammemo:The Iraqi government made a formal request to the Jordanian government for the funds of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the Kingdom.

According to the newspaper "Al Ghad" The Jordanian government source said: "The government began several days ago Investigation on the presence of movable and immovable property belonging to Saddam, to control and determine its value through the audit in the financial statements availableThe Ministry of Finance and Central Bank "

The official source that there are no sums of money on behalf of the former Iraqi leader so far, stressing that the Iraqi funds in Jordan return to the government and Iraqi personnel, not for Saddam.

Jordan had decided to freeze funds valued at more than half a billion dollars after the U.S. forces invaded Iraq in 2003.

The source said of Jordan: "Iraqi request follows a decision to the Iraqi cabinet approved a draft law provides for the seizure and confiscation of movable and immovable property belonging to the pillars of the former Iraqi regime."

Iraqi government's decision to arrest of Saddam's money and his two wives

The decision of the Iraqi government in this regard the seizure of the money Saddam and his two wives and his children and grandchildren, and senior officials and their agents, and anyone who has had a relationship to the former regime and received money from the state or purchased or bPenchant for non-real prices and caused damage to the public money in any form, according to the text of the resolution

It was Saddam's family reside in Jordan, some of whom had been assigned lawyer, Badie Izzat Aref, to bring legal proceedings against the decision of the Iraqi government because Ijuhavh screening and non-precision or transparency.