Tariq Aziz
Asks Croatia for Asylum
Former Iraqi Former
Minister Aziz
18 January 2006 -- Lawyers for former Iraqi Deputy Prime
Minister Tariq Aziz have asked Croatia to consider granting him asylum if he is
released from U.S. custody.
Croatian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ivana Crnic did not
say if Croatia plans to respond to the request.
Lawyers are seeking Aziz's
release on medical grounds. His lawyer, Badee Izzat Aref, believes the
69-year-old Aziz "is in his last days."
Aziz was arrested after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that toppled the
Iraqi regime led by Saddam Hussein. With the agreement of Iraq's new government,
he is currently being held in a U.S. detention facility.
RadioLiberty
Thursday, 18
January 2006
