Denmark: Missing Iraqi General Likely Sought Asylum in the United Arab Emirates - 2003-10-28

Denmark: Missing Iraqi General Likely Sought Asylum in the United Arab Emirates - 2003-10-28. Danish officials say a former Iraqi general who disappeared during house arrest in Denmark may have sought refuge in a Middle Eastern country. Officials from the Danish prosecutor's office said on Monday that they believe they have located the whereabouts of Nizar al-Khazraji, the former chief of staff of the Iraqi army, but they did not disclose it. Danish media report that he is in the United Arab Emirates. Danish officials say they are in contact with Emirati authorities to confirm his location. Denmark has issued an international arrest warrant for al-Khazraji. The former chief of staff of the Iraqi armed forces fled to Jordan in 1995 and then went to Denmark, where he applied for political asylum. A Danish court prohibited his departure from the country last year while security officials were investigating allegations of war crimes against him. General al-Khazraji disappeared in March while awaiting a potential trial for his alleged involvement in the use of chemical weapons against Kurds in northern Iraq in the 1980s. He has denied any involvement in this incident.