IRAQ: Prominent scientist hands himself over to US troops

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

WASHINGTON, Apr 19 2003 (IPS) - US officials in Washington said that a senior Iraqi scientist has turned himself over to US troops, the American Arabic-language "Sawa" radio reported.

According to the radio, Imad Hussein Abdullah al-Ani was dubbed as the "father of the Iraqi gas nerve VX program."

Al-Ani was not on the list of top 55 Iraqi officials wanted by the US. He, however, is a prominent scientist, from whom the US hopes to obtain valuable information about the so-called "Iraqi weapons of mass destruction."