SANAA, 7 January 2004 — Yemen has detained three Iraqi diplomats who worked at the Iraqi Embassy in Sanaa before the fall of Saddam Hussein and may hand them over to Baghdad, their lawyer said here yesterday.
“The three Iraqi diplomats were transferred today to the Interpol office here, which could mean that they may be deported,” attorney Jamal Al-Juabi told Reuters.
Al-Juabi said the men, accused last year of embezzling money from the Iraqi Embassy, did not want to return to Iraq. He said the three had been detained for several months last year over the charges but were later released because of lack of evidence.
Yemeni officials declined to discuss the case or say why the men had been detained again.
