Al-Jazeera: Egyptian 'top scientist' unearths comet-whacker's true mission

http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=740

7/5/2005 Clip No. 740

Renowned Egyptian Geologist Zaghlul Al-Naggar: Deep Impact Spacecraft Had a
Military Goal and Negligible Scientific Value

Following is an excerpt from and interview with Egyptian geologist Dr.
Zaghlul Al-Naggar, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on July 5, 2005.
Dr. Zaghlul Al-Naggar: The main goal of this operation (Deep Impact) is
military. America wants to prove to the world that it is capable of hitting
a target with a circumference of no more than six kilometers, hundreds of
millions of kilometers away. The goal is first and foremost a military one,
and its scientific benefit is negligible. I doubt that the samples they
obtained could yield scientific results of any value.