What is David Kelly (weapons expert)?
'''David Christopher Kelly''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}} (14 May 1944 – 17 July 2003) was a Welsh scientist. He was a well known person in [[biological warfare]] (BW). He was born in [[Glamorgan]]. In July 2003 he had an [[Off the record (journalism)|off-the-record]] conversation with [[BBC]]'s [[Andrew Gilligan]], during their discussion they talked about the [[September Dossier|2002 dossier]] on Iraqi [[weapons of mass destruction]], which stated that some of Iraq's chemical and biological weapons were deployable within 45 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Kelly and the BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03m0lqf|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> After the BBC interview, Kelly's was called to appear on 15 July before the parliamentary [[Intelligence and Security Committee|Intelligence and Security]] and [[Foreign Affairs Select Committee|Foreign Affairs Select]] committees. Two days later Kelly was found dead near his home, aged 59. Kelly killed himself by cutting his [[wrist]] while taking a large amount of [[dextropropoxyphene]] at a [[woods|woodland]] area in [[Oxfordshire]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Witness History, The death of David Kelly|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csywxp|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Iraq War}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, David}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:Suicides by blade weapons]] [[Category:English scientists]] [[Category:People from Glamorgan]] [[Category:Drug-related suicides]] {{bio-stub}}