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To: zonder who wrote (3886)	2/15/2003 10:28:35 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (2) of 15987

One scientist who met the inspectors this week was so frightened, according to UN sources, that it took an hour for him to stop shaking. "Iraqi scientists and researchers are under a lot of pressure and influence by the Iraqi authorities," a recent defector told ABC News. "They were scared and threatened in different ways, including threatening to go after their families if they leave Iraq to meet with inspectors and going after their relatives if their families go with them and going after them even if they were in exile." globeandmail.ca Zonder, any thoughts on why these scientists may be frightened for their lives? It couldn't possibly have anything to do with knowledge about WMDs, surely not...

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