Jordan Times
Friday, July 25, 2008
Iraq to free 3 Jordanian
prisoners
By Omar Obeidat
AMMAN –– Three Jordanian citizens freed from Iraqi prisons are expected to
arrive back home Saturday, a Foreign Ministry official said on Thursday.
He added there are efforts under way to secure the release of other prisoners in
the future.
The three prisoners, who are due to arrive in Amman on Saturday through the Red
Cross, are Abdul Fattah Jammal, Ibrahim Abu Samrah and Hussein Zamel, according
to Ambassador Ahmad Mubaideen, head of the consular department at the ministry.
The official stopped short of giving further details on the nature of charges
and the prison terms the three men served in Iraq.
A spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Amman said
that more details will be available on Saturday.
Mubaideen told The Jordan Times that the release of the three prisoners was a
result of the government’s intensive efforts to free all Jordanian prisoners in
Iraq.
Early this month, the Kingdom proposed to the Iraqi government to swap
non-political prisoners providing that they complete their terms in their home
countries, a step, officials said, that would spare their families the burden of
travelling to see their relatives.