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Abdul Rasul (Iraqi scientist)

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Died
  
1981 Paris, France

Name
  
Abdul Rasul

Fields
  
Nuclear Engineering

Nationality
  
Iraqi

Citizenship
  
Iraq


Institutions
  
Osirak Nuclear Reactors

Known for
  
Head of the Iraq's Nuclear Program

Abdul Rasul was an Iraqi nuclear engineer and a nuclear scientist. He was the central figure in Iraq's nuclear weapon program and is considered a nuclear weapon technologist. He was the head of Iraq's nuclear program from 1973 until 1981. He was heavily involved in France-Iraq nuclear cooperation deal. During his visit to France, he was poisoned at a Paris lunch by Mossad and died in 1981. Tzipi Livni, Israel's prominent and powerful politician is believed to be involved in his murder. He worked at Osirak, which was a nuclear reactor site reportedly involved in the development of nuclear weapons.

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Abdul Rasul (Iraqi scientist) Wikipedia