OMG Time for REGIME CHANGE: Arrests made of 2 US citizens who sold Iraq Weapons Just Before War (2002)

[tnitsuj]

from the New York Times

OMG Blame Clinton!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[freegeeks]

waiting for the YABA's

 

[freegeeks]

Originally posted by: tnitsuj
from the New York Times

OMG Blame Clinton!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blame the French !!!!

 

[XZeroII]

It's all Gore's fault! Why did he create the internet and make me have to sign up to read news articles from the NYT??!!!

 

[sMiLeYz]

Al Gore never claimed he invented the internet .

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: sMiLeYz
Al Gore never claimed he invented the internet .

Shh, you don't want to deprive Gore haters of their sole piece of ammo.

 

[Martin]

Oh those evil French, how could they do such a thing?

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Cut & paste the article please.

 

[dahunan]

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
Cut & paste the article please.

U.S. Charges 2 With Illegally Dealing Arms to Iraq
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: October 15, 2003


ASHINGTON (AP) -- A father and son from California have been arrested and charged with brokering an illegal arms deal that provided Iraq with armored patrol boats shortly before the U.S.-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein, federal officials said Wednesday.

The arrests of Sabri Yakou, 69, and Regard Yakou, 43, are the first from investigations in postwar Iraq by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who are tracing the former president's sources of weaponry.

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The agency's chief, Michael J. Garcia, said the investigations are intended to "peel back the layers of Saddam's covert weapons procurement network and track down his suppliers."

The elder Yakou, an Iraqi native who is a legal U.S. resident, appeared before a federal magistrate Wednesday on charges of violating U.S. arms control laws. He was arrested Tuesday at Washington's Reagan National Airport after arriving on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand.

Regard Yakou, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested Saturday in Baghdad on similar charges and will be brought to the United States as soon as possible, officials said. An agency affidavit describes the younger Yakou as his father's "chief deputy" in the deal.

The two Yakous listed a business address in Danville, Calif., and a second in Singapore. They have homes in San Diego; the son also has a residence in Walnut Creek, Calif., while the father also has a home in Baghdad.

The affidavit says the two brokered a deal in 2002 to provide the Iraqi navy with six high-speed, armored patrol boats -- armed with machine guns and heavier deck guns -- that could be used in coastal waters and in the open ocean.

Sabri Yakou told officials that only three of the boats were built in Iraq before the fall of Saddam's government and that he was still owed about $3 million for the unfinished ones.

Raw materials for the boats were obtained from a Malaysian company, with electronics purchased in Singapore, the affidavit said. The engines were obtained from Germany.

The agency, part of the Homeland Security Department, has about 30 active investigations in Iraq in conjunction with the Defense Department to trace the origins of weapons found after the fall of Saddam's government.

 

[SilentZero]

Originally posted by: freegeeks

Originally posted by: tnitsuj
from the New York Times

OMG Blame Clinton!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blame the French !!!!

Is there reason not too? LOL I automatically blame them for everything anyways.

 

[her209]

hmmm... how about getting the names of the leakers and putting them where they belong...