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Iraqi Nuclear Scientist Assassinated South Of Baghdad
Turkishpress.com ^
| 9/5/2004
| AFP
Posted on 09/05/2004 1:27:18 PM PDT by BP2
MAHMUDIYA, Iraq, Sept 5 (AFP) - An Iraqi nuclear scientist has been assassinated in the Sunni Muslim insurgent bastion of Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, his brother told AFP Sunday.
Mohammed Toki Hussein al-Talakani, who had practised nuclear physics since 1984, was shot dead on Saturday as he was driving in Mahmudiya, Alaa Toki Hussein said.
The 40-year-old scientist lived in the small town of Al-Kifl, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the capital.
Another man was killed in the town on Sunday during clashes between insurgents and Iraqi forces, while a woman was also wounded, the head of the local hospital said.
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I wonder if this has something to do with Saddam Hussein's right-hand man, Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, possible capture. The Iraqi WMD coverup continues....
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:27:19 PM PDT
by
BP2
To: BP2
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:28:57 PM PDT
by
evad
(We cannot afford 9-10 thinkers in a 9-11 world)
To: BP2
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:29:05 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: BP2
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:29:29 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Every loss leaves an empty space that only God's presence can fill..)
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To: BP2
To: BP2
This is just another coincidence. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:31:57 PM PDT
by
Jackknife
(.......Land of the Free,because of the Brave.)
To: jakkknife
I was being sarcastic, the tag just didn't show up!
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:32:49 PM PDT
by
Jackknife
(.......Land of the Free,because of the Brave.)
To: Shermy; backhoe; FairOpinion
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:32:55 PM PDT
by
MizSterious
(First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
To: BP2
Let's see... No WMD, No need for scientists; no WMD no scientists; no scientists no WMD. Very confusing. How can you have one without the other or is this the old chicken or the egg conundrum¿
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:33:43 PM PDT
by
Henchman
(I Hench, therefore I am!)
To: BP2
If we don't start providing better protection to these scientists we may NEVER get any information about the WMD program.
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:36:23 PM PDT
by
Libertina
(Thank God we have President Bush in the White House.)
To: BP2
Mohammed Toki Hussein al-Talakani, who had practised nuclear physics since 1984...The 40-year-old scientist The time line is a bit off. I would expect that most nuclear physicists have advanced degrees, requiring 6-10 years of college.
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:37:03 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
("Oh my, and they call me Slick Willie." Willie Brown (after meeting Bill Clinton))
To: BP2
That's the first thing that came to mind, since it was so deliberate.
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:42:43 PM PDT
by
Exit148
(Loose Change Club report.:since last Freepathon$12.87/ average 2.15/week. Painless!)
To: BP2
Why did they need, or even have, one of those (a nuclear scientist) if they had no nuclear weapons programs?
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posted on
09/05/2004 1:47:13 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(John John Kerry Edwards change positions more often than a Nevada prostitute!!!)
To: BP2
Free societies honor their best and brightest.
The Islamofascists assassinate them. No wonder they are so unbelievably stupid.
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posted on
09/05/2004 2:03:57 PM PDT
by
tkathy
(There will be no world peace until all thuggocracies are gone from the earth.)
To: BP2
nuclear scientist at 24 years old?
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posted on
09/05/2004 2:12:13 PM PDT
by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: BP2
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posted on
09/05/2004 2:16:10 PM PDT
by
demsux
To: sure_fine
correction,,, 20 years old..and a nuclear scientist?
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posted on
09/05/2004 2:17:39 PM PDT
by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: pimpalize
I think the country (or countries) that helped arm Saddam, are the ones probably picking off witnesses.
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posted on
09/05/2004 2:18:56 PM PDT
by
MamaLucci
(Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
To: sure_fine
20 years old..and a nuclear scientist? Well, there's no mention of him being a particularly GOOD nuclear scientist.
Maybe he was an intern when he started.
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posted on
09/05/2004 2:19:43 PM PDT
by
BP2
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