Kansas City Star | 03/10/2006 | He knows how close Hussein came to nukes: "He knows how close Hussein came to nukes
For years Saddam Hussein’s nuclear dreams lay like dormant mushrooms in the soil of Mahdi Obeidi’s garden.
Obeidi, a former Iraqi nuclear scientist, had buried blueprints, documents and parts for a centrifuge system “in a safe place” shortly after the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
The Iraqis had been only a few years from producing nukes then, with a little help from a surprising source, according to him.
“In the United States, we got some critical things (such as research papers and system programs).”
Through the black market?
“Not from the black market. We asked for it and got it, through normal channels.”
All came to a halt with the Kuwait invasion, the postwar sanctions and U.N. weapons inspectors.
Were there leftover WMDs when American forces invaded in 2003?
“No, no. … I would’ve known.”
There was his stash, however, which he turned over to the CIA. In return, he and his family got sanctuary on the East Coast.
And now, according to Hollywood reports, Johnny Depp has agreed to play Obeidi, 61, in a film project based on his book, The Bomb in My Garden: The Secrets of Saddam’s Nuclear Mastermind. He spoke in Lawrence this week."
Yes, that's the whole article.
To re-cap...
1. Hussein almost had nukes.
2. He got the plans from the United States government.
3. The first war stopped him.
4. There were no WMD's at the start of this war.
5. Johnny Depp is in a new movie.
Wait... JOHNNY DEPP IS IN A NEW MOVIE?!?!
That screaching you hear is the sound of my brain rebooting.
