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Report: Saddam Murdered Top Missile Scientist By Paul Walfield GOPUSA News March 5, 2003 (GOPUSA News) -- ' U.S., British, and other intelligence agencies are scrambling to verify reports that Iraq's top missile scientist, General Mohammed Sa'id al-Darraj, was murdered on the orders of Saddam Hussein. Under United Nations Resolution 1441, Iraq is required to provide "immediate, unimpeded, unrestricted, and private access to all officials and other persons" that the U.N. inspectors "wish to interview." The resolution adds the weapons inspectors may, "at their discretion conduct interviews inside or outside of Iraq, may facilitate the travel of those interviewed and...

West seeks to verify murder of waverer By David Wastell, Julian Coman Washington March 3 2003 Western intelligence agencies are investigating claims that Saddam Hussein ordered the murder of a senior Iraqi missile engineer to prevent him from passing vital information to United Nations weapons inspectors. General Muhammad Sa'id al-Darraj, in charge of Iraq's mobile Scud missiles until three months ago, died 24 hours after talks with President Saddam's officials, according to Arab newspaper reports. The officials wanted to discuss how the general would conceal his knowledge if he were called for interview by the UN. The London-based Al-Zaman newspaper...

Western intelligence agencies are investigating claims that Saddam Hussein ordered the murder of a senior Iraqi missile engineer to prevent him passing vital information to United Nations weapons inspectors. Gen Muhammad Sa'id al-Darraj, who was in charge of Iraq's mobile Scud missiles until three months ago, died 24 hours after talks with Saddam's officials, according to Arab newspaper reports. The officials wanted to discuss how the general would conceal his knowledge if he were called for interview by the UN. The London-based Al-Zaman newspaper said that Gen al-Darraj told "indignant" relatives shortly before he died that he had been slipped...