(allegedly) The I*ael* killed the space cannon scientist, Bell I believe his name was, because the leader of Iraq at the time wanted one to shoot at I**l. Bell himself was non political (or a political naif), he just wanted to build his space cannon and S**m was willing to pay for it.
After the failure of Project HARP, Gerald Bull started a new company called the Space Research Corporation and established himself as an international artillery consultant. In 1988, he was hired by President Saddam Hussain to build a massive cannon for Iraq with a range of up to 1,000 km, making Israel and central Iran well within reach of Iraqi artillery fire. Two years later, while returning to his apartment in Brussels, Bull was shot five times in the head by Israeli Mossad agents, halting Project Babylon.
