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To: maceng2 who wrote (94351)	4/19/2003 6:42:20 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Iraqi nerve agent scientist surrenders to US ananova.com [No WMD's found yet I see. Waiting patiently pb] A top Iraqi scientist involved in the country's development of a sophisticated nerve agent has turned himself in to US authorities. Emad Husayn Abdullah al-Ani was believed to be deeply involved in Iraq's chemical weapons programme. US officials also have accused al-Ani of involvement with an alleged chemical weapons plant in Sudan with links to al-Qaida. Military officials say US troops have found no confirmed chemical or biological weapons so far in their searches inside Iraq. No evidence of links between Iraq's government and al-Qaida have been found either, military officials say. If he co-operates, al-Ani may be able to provide information on both. He was allegedly involved in Iraq's development of the nerve agent VX, one of the world's deadliest chemical weapons. He once headed the research and development programme at Iraq's Muthanna State Establishment, a key chemical weapons laboratory, and later headed Iraq's Fallujah 2 chemical weapons plant. In 1998, US officials said al-Ani had links with executives of the Shifa Pharmaceuticals plant in Khartoum, Sudan. © Associated Press

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