Where oh where are Iraqi weapons scientists?

The Iraqi scientist who headed Saddam Hussein's long-range missile program has fled to neighboring 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 told The Associated Press.

Dr. Modher Sadeq-Saba al-Tamimi's departure comes as top weapons makers from Saddam's deposed regime find themselves eight months out of work but with skills that could be lucrative to militaries or terrorist organizations in neighboring countries. U.S. officials have said some are already in Syria and Jordan

...[T]he Bush administration had no plan for Iraqi scientists and instead officials suggested they could be tried for war crimes.. article


Why? We imported Hitler's Nazi scientists to work here.

Only now is the State Department exploring the possibility of a government-funded program to block a scientific exodus and prevent Iraqis from doing future research in weapons of mass destruction. Initial cost estimates for the program run about $16 million, according to a Nov. 3 draft proposal obtained by AP.

Some more of that unnecessary pre-war planning paying off. Maybe we could have been using that money we've been spending to find non-existent WMDs to take care of the real problem of losing these scientists to other "enemy" countries. Of course, now we have more reason to bomb the crap out of Iran.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.