Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun: Saddam Hussein’s Nuclear Threat to the United States

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In Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun, award winning journalists and Middle East experts Shyam Bhatia and Daniel McGrory expose for the first time the truth about Saddam Hussein's secret race to make a nuclear bomb and the role the Clinton-Gore administration has played in allowing it to happen. Even after Operations Desert Storm and Desert Fox, and a decade of United Nations weapons inspections, Saddam continues his relentless quest to build the "first Arab bomb," taking advantage of the weak-willed Clinton-Gore administration. Containing detailed accounts from former members of Saddam Hussein's inner circle and his nuclear weapons team, Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun reveals: How Saddam had nearly completed a nuclear bomb by the beginning of the Gulf War-and would have detonated it near Kuwait City if a U.S. bomber hadn't accidentally destroyed his nuclear lab, The truth about the Clinton White House's failed plots to have Saddam Hussein assassinated, How Saddam so successfully bullied Clinton and the UN that weapons inspectors have been barred from Iraq since the end of 1998, How Saddam has invested more than $18 billion and employed more than 20,000 technicians to complete his nuclear bomb, The todde story of how greed, sexual excesses, and Mood bods have threatened Saddam Hussein's nuclear ambition, How the Clinton-Gore administration has espoused an Iraqi policy riddled with contradictions, opted for "quick fix" solutions doomed to failure, and refused to support United Nations weapons inspectors. Bhatia and McGrory take you inside Saddam's bunkers to war-room sessions and secret meetings with his nuclear scientists, and to the Oval Office, where you join President Clinton's national security meetings.This thrilling read lays bare Saddam's deadly ambitions and shows, chillingly, just how close he is to attaining them. ISBN:9780895262516