Family of chief Iraqi weapons liaison officer who is in custody

(27 Apr 2003) 1. Wide exterior shot of Amin family home in the Harithiya neighbourhood of Baghdad 2. Close shot of window of house 3. Various shots of Amin's immediate family sitting on couch: Amin's wife, two sons and two daughters 4. Various portraits of Amin on wall 5. Close shot of Amin's wife wiping away tears 6. Wide shot of male family members in garden 7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdul Fatah, brother of Hossam Mohammed Amin: "I encouraged him to surrender and he was convinced that he was doing the right thing. I'm sure that the investigation will be fair. He doesn't have anything to hide. He will answer all the questions he is asked. There is nothing to hide, we are going to start a new era." 8. Cutaway of family members in garden 9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Muhaned Amin, 17-year-old son of Hossam Mohammed Amin: "I hope, if God wills it, he will return back safe to his family. What I want is that my father will come back safely to his house." (Question: are you worried?) "Yes I am scared because he is my father. If the Americans came here, and gave me the choice between (them) shooting my father and shooting me, I would ask them to shoot me." 10. Family members in garden 11. Various shots of US Army Third Infantry Division soldiers taking cover with weapons in Baghdad street and searching houses after reports of gunfire STORYLINE: The family of captured Iraqi official Hossam Mohammed Amin say he has nothing to hide from the United States military and they hope he will soon be allowed to return to his family. The US Central Command headquarters in Qatar announced on Sunday that Amin, Iraq's chief liaison with United Nations weapons inspectors, was in coalition custody. Members of his family who spoke to APTN at their home in the Harithiya neighbourhood of Baghdad on Sunday said Amin had turned himself in to the US military and would answer any questions put to him by investigators. One of his sons, Muhaned (subs: correct) Amin said he hoped that his father would be able to return safely to his family. Amin, the former head of Iraq's National Monitoring Directorate (NMD) was Number 49 on a US list of the 55 most-wanted figures from Saddam Hussein's regime. He was among the key figures in Saddam's weapons programs and may have detailed knowledge of any illegal armaments, if Iraq still possesses them. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...