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Nature 431, 621 (7 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/431621a; Published online 6 October 2004
Iraqi military research: Rocket man
Geoff Brumfiel1
- Geoff Brumfiel is Nature's Washington physical sciences correspondent.
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Abstract
One of Saddam Hussein's senior weapons designers tells Geoff Brumfiel of his past, and of his hopes for a new career.
The former Iraqi rocket scientist is eager to show off his photographs. Deftly extracting them from a dusty briefcase beneath his chair, he flips through images of friends, colleagues, and himself standing in the desert in a blue Iraqi Air Force uniform.
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