Document #1328848
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The following information was provided
during a 28 October 1997 telephone interview with the deputy editor
of the Jordan Times, an English newspaper published in
Amman. The source monitors Jordanian newspapers on a daily
basis.
The deputy editor never come across any
article/advertisement regarding a call for military service in
Iraq. The deputy editor added that such article/advertisement would
make the headlines in Jordan because of the tense relations between
the two countries. It is very doubtful that such an
article/advertisement was ever published in Jordan.
The following information was provided
during a 28 October 1997 telephone interview with a sociologist at
the Department of Sociology, University of Jordan, Amman, who also
monitors Jordanian newspapers daily.
The sociologist never come across an
article/advertisement in Jordanian newspapers regarding military
service in Iraq and expressed strong doubts that the Iraqi
government would put an advertisement or an article in a Jordanian
newspaper with regard to military service in Iraq.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Deputy Editor, Jordan Times,
Amman, Jordan. 28 October 1997. Telephone interview.
Sociologist, Department of Sociology,
University of Jordan, Amman. 28 October 1997. Telephone
interview.