VOL. XXXIX

No. 19

5-February-1996

IRAQ

New Chairman Appointed For Military Industrialization Authority

Iraqi President Saddam Husain appointed on 28 January Mr. Dhaif 'Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti as the new chairman of the country's Military Industrialization Authority (MIA) which is responsible for all arms manufacturing in Iraq. Mr. al- Tikriti, the former vice chairman of MIA and head of the al-Qa'qa' military industrial complex, replaces Dr. 'Amir Rashid, the Oil Minister, who had held...