U.S. Officials Interviewing Iraqi Nuclear Scientist
Monday, April 14, 2003
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WASHINGTON — A scientist described as the father of Iraq's nuclear weapons program has surrendered in a Middle Eastern country and is being questioned, U.S. officials said Monday.
Jaffar al-Jaffer is believed to know key people and locations of facilities connected to Iraq's nuclear weapons program, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Al-Jaffer fled Iraq for Syria during the war, but then went to another country and turned himself over to authorities in the last few days, officials said. The officials declined to specify what country was holding him.
U.N. inspectors describe the British-educated al-Jaffer as the father of Iraq's nuclear weapons program.
His capture, along with that of Lt. Gen. Amer al-Saadi, Saddam Hussein's alleged point man on various weapons' programs, could provide U.S. officials with a wealth of information on Iraq's chemical, biological, nuclear and long-range missile efforts.
After the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Iraq denied it had a nuclear weapons program, but U.N. inspectors determined it was trying to build an atomic bomb. Former inspectors have said Iraq had all the parts and know-how and would have gone nuclear had it not been for the Gulf War.
This was an article i found on fox's web site. It is on the iraq war. i believe this article to be propaganda because of the ridiculous claims that it makes. The content of the article is all here say. it cannot be proven or disproven.Example "Former inspectors have said Iraq had all the parts and know-how and would have gone nuclear had it not been for the Gulf War."
I believe this article was intented to rally the citizens of the united states. it was meant to gain our support of this ridiculous war. it is a fear based article basically telling the people they will be bombed if we dont bomb first.
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