guyman1966 Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Tuesday, March 25, 2003Scientist hid nukes in Iraq 20 years agoOakland Township man says he later lived in fearBy Jennifer Brooks / The Detroit NewsOAKLAND 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnice35 Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 that was 20 years ago, imagine what they could have by now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyman1966 Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 This is a big story. I wonder why it is limited to just the Detroit paper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnice35 Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Originally posted by guyman1966 This is a big story. I wonder why it is limited to just the Detroit paper? left wing censorship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siceone Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Originally posted by dnice35 left wing censorship. Liberals dont censor stuff... do they ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Originally posted by guyman1966 Tuesday, March 25, 2003Scientist hid nukes in Iraq 20 years agoOakland Township man says he later lived in fearBy Jennifer Brooks / The Detroit NewsOAKLAND 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. . 20 years ago, huh? right about the time Saddam was the White House's puppet in the war with Iran. what goes around, comes around, but i guess the right wing censored that part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siceone Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Originally posted by vicman 20 years ago, huh? right about the time Saddam was the White House's puppet in the war with Iran. what goes around, comes around, but i guess the right wing censored that part I acknowledge that it was a mistake supporting him Before I was born 20 years ago... can you acknowledge that he is a clear and present danger now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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