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To: kumar who wrote (44314)9/16/2002 1:18:40 AM
From: KLP  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Kumar...I'd suggest you read about this man...Khidhir Hamza ..he definitely hasn't been undercover it appears....there is ample material about him, and I've included his bio below also.... I would think that the info out tonight/tomorrow indicates it would be prudent to at least read....

pbs.org
1999 PBS....

ceip.org
Transcript: Presentation by Dr. Khidir Hamza, Author of Saddam's Bombmaker with Jeff Stein

ceip.org
KLP NOTE: This link is a find, for ALL who want to do serious research on Iraq....I will return to this one...

foreign.senate.gov

The Iraqi Threat

Khidhir Hamza

Testimony, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

July 31, 2002

isis-online.org
CV of Khidhir Hamza

cnn.com

Khidhir Hamza: Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi weapons program
October 22, 2001 Posted: 3:07 PM EDT (1907 GMT)



To: kumar who wrote (44314)9/16/2002 8:01:00 AM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 281500
 
Cool. so, he takes 8 years after defecting to say "u got a few months".

Probably because he learned something new recently. The stories about the special aluminum tubes was new. He's quoted today as saying that Saddam's scientists must have replicated the German-style centrifuge technology they stole and are using more than one centrifuge for concentrating uranium. If they are trying to make a Fat Man style bomb, these are not terribly complicated devices, as long as you have sufficient fissile material.

Why do I doubt the credibility of this person ?

Do a google search using Hamza and centrifuge and after you read some of what it turns up, if you still doubt his credibility, my reply would be that you are not going to believe anybody who tells you something you don't want to hear.
news.google.com
google.com



To: kumar who wrote (44314)9/16/2002 9:36:03 AM
From: JohnM  Respond to of 281500
 
Cool. so, he takes 8 years after defecting to say "u got a few months".

Why do I doubt the credibility of this person ?


For the same reason we all should. Even the hawks around here.