'Atoms for Peace' by U.S. gave nuclear key to Iraq

Sunday, December 14, 2003

After hunting for days, the Iraqi physicist finally checked a long-locked attic room. There he spotted a box, coated with decades of dust, and opened it. Sure enough, it was full of reams of data -- American data -- on how to make a nuclear bomb.

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