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Iraqi Defectors

NPR
Published August 11, 1995 at 11:00 PM CDT

Daniel speaks with George Hawatmeh, editor of the Jordan Times newspaper, about a press conference held today by General Hussein Kamel al-Majid, former right hand man to Saddam Hussein, who defected this week to Jordan. Hussein Kamel today called for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, who is his father-in-law.

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