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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-04 08:30 PM
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iraq missile drawings/sketch that folks died for - from Washington Post
Edited on Thu Jan-08-04 08:30 PM by papau


These are some of Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi's secret sketches for two illegal long-range missiles, one using two engines and one using five boosters. (Preston Keres -- The Washington Post)


Iraq's Arsenal Was Only on Paper


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60340-2004Jan6.html

Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi. /iraq-missile-drawings

An engineering PhD known for outsized energy and gifts, Tamimi, 47, designed and built a new short-range missile during Iraq's four-year hiatus from United Nations arms inspections. Inspectors who returned in late 2002, enforcing Security Council limits, ruled that the Al Samoud missile's range was not quite short enough. The U.N. team crushed the missiles, bulldozed them into a pit and entombed the wreckage in concrete. In one of three interviews last month, Tamimi said "it was as if they were killing my sons."

But Tamimi had other brainchildren, and these stayed secret. Concealed at some remove from his Karama Co. factory here were concept drawings and computations for a family of much more capable missiles, designed to share parts and features with the openly declared Al Samoud. The largest was meant to fly six times as far. "This was hidden during the UNMOVIC visits," Tamimi said, referring to inspectors from the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission. Over a leisurely meal of lamb and sweet tea, he sketched diagrams. "It was forbidden for us to reveal this information," he said. <snip>

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Bolo Boffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-04 10:15 PM
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Edited on Thu Jan-08-04 10:15 PM by boloboffin
Over a leisurely meal of lamb and sweet tea, he sketched diagrams. "It was forbidden for us to reveal this information," he said.

From what I understand, the picture above is of the sketches Tamini did at the table, during his meal. These aren't the actual secret concept drawings - these are Tamini's quick renditions of the drawings while being interviewed.

Is that what everyone else is getting?
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