[McGavin999]

He was the bane of Saddam Hussein, who personally wanted him expelled from the country because he knew where ‘the bodies were buried’.”

Anyone think about this angle?

[AntiGuv]

No good reason to think much about it since it's nearly absurd to think that Saddam in the midst of his woes is worried about some random Brit scientist...

[VOA]

Anyone think about this angle?

You'd think that would be one of the first angles to consider.

In the last year a fellow named Sargon (honest) who is is the expatriate leader of
the Assyrians of Iraq won a LARGE cash settlement from a lawsuit (against the Iraqi guvmint?)
because he convinced a US court that Saddam/his guvmint had tried to assassinate him numerous times.

I can't remember the actual location, but Sargon lives in a decent sized compound in
Central California, from which he keeps in contact with his flock via satellite broadcasts.
(This was in The Los Angeles Times...which I read for opposition research)