Abdul Rahman Saleh Rasul | |
Birth Place: | Iraq |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Fields: | Nuclear Engineering |
Work Institution: | Osirak Nuclear Reactors |
Known For: | Head of the Iraq's Nuclear Program |
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.