Scientist Says Iraq Never Revived Nuke Programme

[kskiska]

Sorry about that typo!

VIENNA, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Iraq never revived its secret nuclear weapons programme after it was dismantled by U.N. inspectors in the 1990s, a senior Iraqi scientist at Iraq's new Ministry of Science and Technology said on Tuesday.

Before launching the March 20 war to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the United States and Britain said Saddam was trying to develop an atomic bomb and other weapons of mass destruction.

In four months of inspections before the war, U.N. weapons inspectors never found any evidence of this. Since major military actions ended in Iraq, U.S. and British military have also found no evidence to support this allegation.

"I think even the inspectors when they went there, they knew...what the activity was there. And you know it (a nuclear weapons programme) is very sophisticated," said Dr Abbas Balasem, director general of the HAZMAT (hazardous materials) section of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

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[underpants]

1. Was it Adidas or Puma or did Reebok try to weasle in there?

:bounce:

[Flubadubya]

2. Uh uh underpants...

You need to take your Speedos off and streak away from that one!

[Chico Man]

4. Must've been those Nike sweat shops that turned off Saddam

He's all for workers rights ya know. :)

[msmcghee]

3. I always suspected . . .

. . Saddam had a secret "sneakers of mass destruction" program.

Sorry - Thanks for posting this thread, really.B-)

[yella_dawg]

5. The "Swoosh" of mass destruction?