Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris

Revue de Presse-Press Review-Berhevoka Çapê-Rivista Stampa-Dentro
de la Prensa-Basm Özeti
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The defector said: "The area is restricted to the Special Security Organisation. Some of it is under the control of the
military industrialisation ministry which is in charge of building up Saddam's weapons arsenal, but one area is
entirely under the control of the nuclear energy organisation. They are digging shelters there." The nuclear programme
is shrouded in secrecy. The chain of command leads directly to the presidential palace and Saddam's closest
aide, Abed Hmoud, a Baath Party stalwart who runs the Iraqi dictator's private office. According to the defector,
General Raad Ismail, the head of the Committee for the Use of Nuclear Weapons, answers directly to a Dr.
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