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Two Iraqi WMD Scientists Shot for Helping U.S.

(Reuters) Tabassum Zakaria - Two Iraqi scientists were shot in Baghdad after they talked to the U.S.-led team hunting weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and others believe they will be in danger if they collaborate in the search, Washington's chief weapons inspector David Kay said on Friday. One scientist was "assassinated literally hours after meeting" with a member of the WMD-hunting team, killed by a single shot to the back of his head outside his apartment, Kay said. Another scientist, who was "really golden for us," was shot six times but survived, Kay said. "The scientist who took six bullets was...key to starting our understanding of the biological weapons program and pointing us in the direction of others," he said. Kay said he was surprised by an extensive lab network found embedded in the Iraqi Intelligence Service, which was not declared to UN inspectors, and the extent to which Iraq had moved ahead in its missile program.
2003-10-03 00:00:00
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