Josh S. Friedman and Eric Nadler's probing documentary traces the roots of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's nuclear capability to a disturbing source: the Nazi war machine. Friedman and Nadler began their investigation in January 1996, when a German member of the UNSCOM team conducting arms inspections on a chicken farm in Iraq found German documents detailing the latest advances in the centrifuge technology. The centrifuge, which was developed by Nazi POW scientists in post-WWII Soviet laboratories, enriches uranium which can then be used to fuel a nuclear device. The weapons inspector suspected his former colleague Karl-Heinz Schaab, a totally undistinguishe...
Released:
2002
Rated:
NR
Length:
97 mins