The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Dallas - Moments before John F. Kennedy's limousine reached the Texas School Book Depository on November 22, 1963, Nellie Connally turned to Kennedy and remarked: "No one can say Dallas doesn't love and respect you, Mr. President." "You sure can't," he said. The first shot sounded like a firecracker. The next two were unmistakably gunfire. As the 40th anniversary of Kennedy's death approaches, the moments remain frozen in the American psyche. Washington - The Iraqi scientist who headed Saddam Hussein's long-range missile program has fled to neighbouring Iran, a country identified as a state sponsor of terrorism with a successful missile program and nuclear ambitions, U.S. officers involved in the weapons hunt have told The Associated Press. Dr. Modher Sadeq-Saba al-Tamimi's departure comes as top weapon makers from Saddam's deposed regime find themselves out of work but with skills that could be lucrative to militaries or terrorist organizations in neighbouring countries. U.S. officials have said some are already in Syria and Jordan. Experts fear the collapse of Saddam's rule could lead to the kind of scientific brain-drain the U.S. tried to prevent as the former Soviet Union collapsed. But the Bush administration had no plan for Iraqi scientists and instead officials suggested they could be tried for war crimes.11/17/2003
