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| Another Iraqi Nuclear Physicist Is Shot To Death | |
| 2004-09-08 | |
| From Jihad Unspun: An Iraqi nuclear physicist died from gunshot wounds in al-Mahmudiah, 20km south of Baghdad on Monday according to Agence France Presse (AFP) who quoted the man's brother. 'Ala' Tawqi Husayn at-Taliqani (40 years old) had worked in the nuclear field since 1984. He was wounded Saturday by five bullets as he was driving his car in the district. He was a resident of the town of al-Kifl, 100km south of Baghdad. Organizations of Iraqi college professors and intellectuals have accused the Zionist Mossad secret police of waging a campaign of assassination of Iraqi scientists and academics. Over 100 have been found murdered for no apparent reason since the US occupation in spring 2003.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 "... Agence France Presse (AFP) who quoted the man’s brother. ‘Ala’ Tawqi Husayn at-Taliqani (40 years old) had worked in the nuclear field since 1984." Forgive me, but accepting/printing an arab man's story of the recent asassination of his supposedly brilliant close relative is to journalism what bathroom graffiti is to poetry. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-09-09 12:43:16 AM |
| #8 I would expect MSM would seize on this as yet more evidence of the administration's failure. To do that would admit Saddam had nuclear physicists. Agree with Jen on that point. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-09-08 4:46:08 PM |
| #7 Actually, Mrs. D, the MSM won't and hasn't seized on this as it might prove that there were WMDs in Iraq and they can't have that! |
| Posted by: GreatestJeneration 2004-09-08 4:44:19 PM |
| #6 I still remain sceptical as I would expect MSM would seize on this as yet more evidence of the administration's failure. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-08 4:35:09 PM |
| #5 Seems like a lot of them have been taking a dirt nap. May be time to ask for witness protection and sing. |
| Posted by: Billy Hank 2004-09-08 4:31:18 PM |
| #4 Mrs. Davis, I've seen news stories from other sources in the past about Iraqi scientists being killed, mostly to blame the US for not protecting them. Seems like they didn't want protection and during questioning denied any recent work on WMDs. It sounds credible, either they are being killed to prevent them from talking or as reprisal for working for Saddam. Some may be staged by us (or other parties) in order for them to disapear. That's just a wild guess on my part. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-09-08 3:11:29 PM |
| #3 Not Boise! Why ruin a perfectly happy place? |
| Posted by: B 2004-09-08 2:10:43 PM |
| #2 Consider the source. Is this the one thing they do get correct? Or is this disinformation intended to intimidate the remaining nuclear engineers? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-08 2:03:13 PM |
| #1 Hey! we have two in Boise! |
| Posted by: Anonymous6364 2004-09-08 1:35:10 PM |