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One of the most prominent defectors in recent years was General Hussein Kamel, chief of Iraq's secret weapons procurement program. At one time he was the defense minister but stepped down due to policy differences with Saddam on hiding WMD's from the UN.
General Kamel and his brother, both sons-in-law Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, fled to Jordan and divulged Iraqi military secrets to Western intelligence.
Inexplicably, the two men returned to Baghdad after being promised pardons.
They were immediately divorced by Saddam Hussein's daughters and killed in a prolonged machine gun and mortar attack on their home by the army.
Iraqi people