by Penelope Rock
Saddam Hussein, the famous Iraqi dictator, may have already been castigated and been put to death because of his innumerable violation of human rights and for other abuses made during his rule but his remnants are still present in the land that he considered home yet he liberally abused.
Now, the Ministry of Science and Technology ordered the dismantling of the last nuclear shell that Saddam has made and believed to be the heart of the late dictator’s nuclear weapons program development. Though today the place is already barren and uninhabited, the ministry still sees several reasons to finally clean the area to prevent further contamination.
The place is the Tuwaitha Research Complex in Iraq, just about 18 km southeast of Baghdad. It was first hit by an Israeli missile in 1981 and destroyed again in 1991 during the gulf war. In 2003 invasion of the US, the place has been raided again and was looted with important things. The complex was said to have been Hussein’s main laboratory where he has created several nukes. The presence of radioactive materials found on the place seems to prove that the place was once a laboratory that intended to develop a nuclear thing. Thus dismantlers are cautious enough that they wear appropriate protection to their bodies like lab coats and masks.
The site has been flooded with scientists and radiologists all covered in masks and protective gears and distinguished in their white lab coats. They were there to extract and recover any sign of radioactive contamination and decontaminate the place. But they are positively convinced that it will take them about 2 decades before they can fully achieve their goal.
The bombings had caused for radioactive leaks that are now becoming nightmare in the place making it more difficult for the scientists to decontaminate. With all those radioactive remains now scattered in the place, decontamination will be impossible for a year or two – the technicians expected.
About The Author
Penelope Rock is a product consultant for medical scrubs like lab coats, Cherokee scrubs and other branded hospital scrubs at Pulse Uniform which ships throughout the US, Canada and internationally.
This infamous nut cake would have wasted the entire middle east if he had been allowed to continue. Thanks to Israel and the U.S. it never happened. Iraq should have a yearly commemorative and symbolic holiday and give thanks much like we do here at Arlington to remind the world that this cannot be allowed.
I’ll second that one Bailey, as I recall Saddam had ambitions to have his government along with his currency dominate much of the middle east not only Kuwait. Which would have given him virtually complete control over world oil prices.
Any news on the elections and CBI RV. Whatever happened to the meeting concerning RV and the World bank VP visiting Iraq a few weeks ago. anyone
Where or where is Jennofer, I miss her posts???