Corinne Heraud
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Corinne Heraud was formerly a Chief Inspector of the Missile
inspection team in Iraq
, while working for the United Nation’s Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC). Prior to that she held various other posts at UNMOVIC and had been seconded from the French Government to carry out work for UNMOVIC’s predecessor, the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM).
It is believed Chief Engineer (Lieutenant Colonel) Heraud was a leading contributor to the missile section, of UNMOVIC’s working document on Iraq’s Unresolved Disarmament Issues. Under
Lieutenant Colonel Heraud’s leadership, the Al Samoud missile was destroyed.
Lieutenant Colonel Heraud is mentioned in the evidence of the Hutton Inquiry
investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly.
Missile
Though a missile may be any thrown or launched object, it colloquially almost always refers to a self-propelled guided weapon system.-Etymology:The word missile comes from the Latin verb mittere, meaning "to send"...
inspection team in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, while working for the United Nation’s Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC). Prior to that she held various other posts at UNMOVIC and had been seconded from the French Government to carry out work for UNMOVIC’s predecessor, the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM).
It is believed Chief Engineer (Lieutenant Colonel) Heraud was a leading contributor to the missile section, of UNMOVIC’s working document on Iraq’s Unresolved Disarmament Issues. Under
Lieutenant Colonel Heraud’s leadership, the Al Samoud missile was destroyed.
Lieutenant Colonel Heraud is mentioned in the evidence of the Hutton Inquiry
Hutton Inquiry
The Hutton Inquiry was a 2003 judicial inquiry in the UK chaired by Lord Hutton, who was appointed by the Labour government to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of David Kelly, a biological warfare expert and former UN weapons inspector in Iraq.On 18 July 2003, Kelly, an employee...
investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly.