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Banned Arms Flowed Into Iraq Through Syrian Firm
by Jeremy at 4:16 pm EST, Jan 1, 2004

Files found in Baghdad describe deals violating UN sanctions and offer a glimpse into the murky world of weapons smuggling and the ties between 'rogue states.'

... Lee Dae Young, the chairman of Armitel, a 1998 spinoff from Samsung, said: "We sold Iraq an optical cable system. Actually, now that this is over, I can tell you. We sold it to Syrians and they took it to Iraq."

This article is the first of a two-part series entitled "The Weapons Files" that is the product of an extensive review of documents seized in Iraq.


 
 
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