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-----Original Message----- Tuesday, March 25, 2003 Scientist hid nukes in Iraq 20 years ago Oakland Township man says he later lived in fear http://www.detnews.com/2003/metro/0303/25/a05-118470.htm By Jennifer Brooks / The Detroit News OAKLAND TOWNSHIP -- Gazi George is certain that Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction, because he used to be one of the people hiding them. Two decades ago, while he was employed by the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission, George says he hid 39 rods of enriched uranium -- enough to build two nuclear bombs -- in a hastily converted swimming pool near the grounds of the Osirak nuclear power plants at Tuweitha. Israeli fighter jets destroyed the plants in 1981. But to his knowledge, no one ever discovered or destroyed the uranium. Instead, when an international inspector came to visit the ruined site, George said he was ordered to contaminate the grounds with alpha emitters, materials that mimic a uranium spill. The inspector, he said, went away satisfied that the plant's nuclear material had been destroyed. "We faked the whole thing," said George, who fled the country soon afterward. Today, he runs a chemical and environmental consulting company and lives comfortably in Oakland Township. But he has not forgotten the five years he spent in the Iraqi nuclear program and has never stopped looking over his shoulder, for fear Iraqi agents might appear to carry out his sentence. The former nuclear scientist, who was in charge of health and safety programs at the Osirak plants, recalls harrowing years with his country's fledgling nuclear plant. Perhaps the worst experience was a secret bunker he visited -- hidden beneath a government agriculture building -- where he was asked to test for radiation levels. He found radioactive residue in syringes surrounded by bloody swabs and in cages too small for a person to stand up. He says political prisoners were locked up in those cages, injected with radiation and exposed to an external bombardment of cobalt 60 radiation until their mouths bled, their skin blistered and they died. ------- End of forwarded message ------- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
