Abdul Rasul (Iraqi scientist)

Iraqi nuclear physicist
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IntroIraqi nuclear physicist
PlacesIraq
isEngineer
Work fieldEngineering
Gender
Male
Death1 January 1981Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Biography

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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