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Sami AL-Araji, '67, Ph.D.
Born and raised in Baghdad, Al-Araji, earned a scholarship to study Michigan State University Professor Dr. Mohammed Ayoob at the....
Key Iraq weapons plants looted
Deputy minister of industrysays sophisticated operation stole equipment capable of making parts for missiles as well as chemical, biological and nuclear arms.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - In the weeks after Baghdad fell in April , looters systematically dismantled and removed tons of machinery from Saddam Hussein's most important weapons installations, including some with high-precision equipment capable of making parts for nuclear arms, a senior Iraqi official said last week in the government's first extensive comments on the looting.
The Iraqi official, Dr.
Sami al-Araji, the deputy minister of industry, said it appeared that a highly organized operation had pinpointed specific plants looking for valuable equipment, some of which could be used for both militar civilian applications, and carted the machinery away.
Al-Araji said his account was based largely on observations by government employees and officials who either worked at the sites or lived near them.