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Iraqi scientist refutes claims on secret nuclear program
IslamOnline & News AgenciesAn Iraqi scientist interviewed by U.N. arms inspectors on Friday, December 27, refuted claims he told them that his work was in any way linked to the development of a nuclear weapons program that has been banned by the United Nations and accused them of being capable of "fabricating inventions". "Lies! All lies! I said nossing! No-o-o-ossing! Tell them, Hogan!" "I have no links with nuclear program," scientist Kadhum Jameel told Iraqi television network al-Shebab by telephone in comments broadcast live. "Please don't kill me, boss!" After an interview with Jameel, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spokesman Hiro Ueki claimed the Iraqi scientist had provided the inspectors with details of a military program that could be linked to a clandestine nuclear program. In his daily statement on the inspections underway in Iraq, Ueki alleged Jameel, whom he described as "a metallurgist from a high-visibility state company", had "provided technical details of a military program". "No, I didn't! I was talking about... ummm... something else!" Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-12-28 |
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