FILE of chief Iraqi weapons liaison officer who is in coalition custody
(27 Apr 2003) FILE: Baghdad - 9 Feb 2003 1. Iraqi chief liaison officer to the UN weapons inspectors, Lieutenant General Hossam Mohamed Amin, walks up steps of Iraqi foreign ministry FILE: Baghdad - 13 Feb 2003 2. Amin with security guards and Iraqi officials 3. Amin declines journalists' questions, leaves room 4. Night shot, Amin walking with officials FILE: Baghdad - 9 March 2003 5. Amin enters news conference 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant General Hossam Mohammed Amin, head of the Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate: "Once again we confirm that Iraq is free of weapons of mass destruction and that all the American and British allegations are mere lies and baseless accusations. This fact is proved through the inspections and verifications implemented in the last three months. 7. Wide shot Amin at presser 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant General Hossam Mohammed Amin, head of the Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate: "I think the crisis could be resolved peacefully. Why? Because simply because there is no crisis, the crisis is created by the Americans." FILE: Baghdad - 11 March 2003 9. Hossam Mohammed Amin talking at news briefing 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant General Hossam Mohammed Amin, head of the Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate: "The maximum range of this plane is 120 kilometres (75 miles) and it is under research and development. It did not enter service until now.. 11. Amin talking at news briefing STORYLINE: Iraq's chief liaison with UN weapons inspectors, Lieutenant General Hossam Mohammed Amin, is in coalition custody, the United States Central Command headquarters in Qatar announced on Sunday. 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. Also known as Hossam Mohammed Amin al-Yasin, his picture was on the "Six of Clubs" on the decks of playing cards issued to US troops in Iraq to help them identify the Iraqi leaders. Amin was among the key figures in Saddam's weapons programs and may have detailed knowledge of any illegal armaments, if Iraq still possesses them. As the chief Iraqi liaison with the United Nations weapons inspectors, the task of dealing with the foreign media during the inspections crisis often fell to Amin. In the weeks leading up to the latest Gulf War, Amin frequently spoke to journalists to describe Iraq's efforts to comply with the inspections, and to reject accusations -- by the United States and others -- that Iraq was keeping stocks of banned weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles. 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...
