11.   They gathered intelligence, coordinated propaganda broadcasts and provided safe passage for Iraqi military defectors and political dissidents, some of whom joined the CIA-backed armed resistance.

12.   A Jordanian newspaper editor said Monday he has filed a lawsuit against a senior Iraqi defector for alleged defamation and a death threat.

13.   A top ranking Iraqi defector said Sunday his defection had foiled plans by Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait and Saudi Arabia this month.

14.   An Iraqi defector will form a national salvation front that will work toward toppling the government of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi sources said Saturday.

15.   An American Embassy official in Jordan, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States had contacted the Iraqi defectors.

16.   An Arab human rights group Monday called for a trial of those responsible for killing two Iraqi defectors.

17.   An Iraqi defector is in Britain for treatment of thallium poisoning, the Foreign Office said Tuesday.

18.   But King Hussein has praised the Iraqi defectors and allowed them to denounce Saddam at a news conference held at his palace.

19.   But relations with many Gulf states improved last year, when King Hussein distanced himself from Iraq and granted asylum to Iraqi defectors.

20.   But relations improved last year, when Jordan distanced itself from Iraq, publicly criticizing the Baghdad regime and granting asylum to senior Iraqi defectors.