Posted on 05/13/2006 9:22:20 AM PDT by Saberwielder
U.S. intelligence agencies suspect Syria was offered and received nuclear weapons technology from the covert Pakistani supplier group headed by A.Q. Khan, according to an intelligence report.
An annual report to Congress on arms proliferation states that Pakistani investigators have confirmed reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency that the Khan network "offered nuclear technology and hardware to Syria."
"We are concerned that expertise or technology could have been transferred," said the intelligence report, which is the first time the Bush administration has publicly linked Syria to Khan.
(Excerpt) Read more at wpherald.com ...
Ping!
I thought the Paks were our "Partners in the War AGAINST Terrorism."
article doesn't support headline
A.Q. Khan had his own operation going.
Sure he did. He was trained by David Copperfield and could transfer nuclear material without anyone knowing! BTW, there is this bridge in Brooklyn....
Not a huge surprise and Gertz knows his stuff. He digs and gets real stories, while Dana Priest at the other paper gets hand-fed stuff by leakers with agendas and then collects Pulitzer prizes.
Anyway, if AQ Khan gave this much to Syria, there is every reason to believe he gave even more to Iran. After all, Iran has plenty of money to pay for this stuff.
This report makes me even more worried about Iran.
Got good intel?
The Bush admin has made a political decision to not embarass Musharraf for now. But the moment Musharraf goes, all bets are off.
To be taken with huge grains of salt. Pinged only because it's the first I'd seen claiming a nuclear related transfer from Pakistan to Syria.
Misleading headline. Being supplied with "nuclear technology" is hardly equivalent to being supplied with "nukes".
The Pakis are not and have never been our true allies. No surprises here and kudos to Gertz for unearthing it.
There is probably some truth to this, as Khan (the "father of Pakistan's nuclear program) is an Islamicist and - until he was "discovered" - was actively seeking to disperse the knowledge he had accumulated throughout the Islamic sphere.
Important truth that I hope the Bush administration understands (but probably doesn't): Pakistan IS NOT our "friend".
Indeed, we are but one heartbeat (Musharraf's) away from Pakistan turning into a nuclear-armed hostile Islamic state. It came pretty close to that with the failed assasination attempt on him.
If I'm not mistaken, Khan was actually brought up on charges of betraying his nation's nuclear secrets, but, due to his very high popularity, the charges were dropped.
Indeed, Khan may very well be in a position to become that nation's next president when Musharraf retires, is forced out, or assasinated.
A very dangerous situation, indeed.
- John
roosters do have teeth!
Pak's nukes may already have been neutralized. Have you noticed that there have been no 'nuke threats' from Pakistan towards India for a while? And that the US remains amazingly sanguine about Paki nukes?
Sadly, most people who see the headline are tired of War on Terror entertainment episodes (as too many people see the War) and prefer to get emotional about famous and infamous individual personalities and immigration. In other words, to most, the War on Terror is no more real than their television characters, collections of selected details about public villains and labor management relations propaganda directed at minds like theirs (re. the over-emphasized immigration issue fad).
The popular television-reality confusion was brought to our attention by CWOJackson weeks ago. Thanks to CWOJackson for helping us to realize that.
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