The US Treasury Department announced it was freezing the assets of a Damascus-based company and of two senior Syrian officials, accused of providing military equipment to the regime of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Using falsified documents, SES International Corp provided the Iraqi regime with military goods in contravention of UN sanctions, the Department said in a statement.
The company, owned by General Zuhayr Shalish and managed by Asif Shalish, posed as the final recipient of the military equipment, but in reality transshipped it to
Iraq as the final destination.
SES and the two men were designated by the Treasury Department under Executive Order 13315, aimed at blocking property of the former Iraqi regime, its officials and their families and intermediaries.
According to the Treasury Department, Saddam's oldest son Uday personally asked the two Syrians for help.
They also aided Iraqi former presidential secretary Abid Hamid Mlahmud al-Tikriti to flee Iraq after the US-led invasion in March 2003, according to the US Treasury.
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