Posted on 10/16/2003 7:02:42 AM PDT by inPhase
Father, Son Accused Of Exporting Weapons To Iraqi Government
SAN DIEGO -- A father and son from San Diego are being charged with brokering a deal to illegally provide Iraq with armored patrol boats shortly before the U.S.-led war began.
The arrests are the first by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents charged with tracing Saddam Hussein's sources for weapons.
Authorities said Sabri Yakou was arrested at Reagan National Airport near Washington Tuesday. He appeared before a federal magistrate Wednesday on charges of violating U.S. arms-control laws. Regard Yakou -- a naturalized U.S. citizen -- was arrested Saturday in Baghdad. He is to be returned to the U.S. to face the same charges as his father.
Both men have homes in San Diego, and the son also has a home in Walnut Creek.
Their company, P.T. Gulf International, supposedly provided six armored patrol boats to Saddam
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"American officials in Baghdad have identified at least 30 businesses and individuals in the United States that investigators said they suspect sold tens of millions of dollars in military technology to Iraq before the war," the New York Times reports.
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