Khidhir Hamza, PhD Biography |
| Title: |
Former President of the Council on Middle Eastern Affairs |
| Position: |
Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?" |
| Reasoning: |
"...this is the new probably type of war the U.S. will be waging. The U.S. is too powerful to fight directly by terrorists like Saddam. [They] tried once and failed miserably, in the Gulf War. So the efforts and energies of people like Saddam will be channeled to these types of dirty terrorist acts. We believe that the best way to deal with it is eliminating the source, not chasing after the foot soldiers, but not just limited to chasing soldiers. Go to the source."
"Khidhir Hamza: Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi Weapons Program," CNN.com, Oct. 22, 2001
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| Theoretical Expertise Ranking: |
Experts
Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. |
| Involvement and Affiliations: |
Expert, Benador Associates
President, Council on Middle Eastern Affairs, 2002-2004
Consultant, Institute of Science and International Security (ISIS), 1997-1999
Associate Professor of Physics, 7th April University, Alzawiya, Libya, 1994-1995
Lecturer, Computer Science Department, Al-Mansour University College, Baghdad, Iraq, 1991-1993
Head, Iraqi delegation to the second UN Conference on Space, Vienna, 1985
Director General of the Nuclear Weapon Program in Iraq, 1987-1994
Chairman, Physics Department of Iraq's Atomic Energy Commission
Head of the Nuclear Fuel Division, Iraq
Head of the Theoretical Division of the Office of Research and Development, Iraq
Science Adviser to the Atomic Energy Organization, Iraq
Associate Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Fort Valley State College, 1969-1970
Post Doctoral Instructor, Physics Department, Florida State University, 1968-1969
Consultant, US Department of Energy
Delegate for Iraq, UN Working Group Subcommittee of the Space Committee |
| Education: |
PhD, Theoretical Physics (nuclear), Florida State University, 1968
MSc, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1965
BSc, Physics, University of Baghdad, 1960 |
| Other: |
Represented Iraq at the UN Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 1979-1983
Frequent attendance and participation in the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1974-1985
Defected from Iraq to the US Embassy in Hungary in August 1994 |
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