Nuclear Program in Iran Tied to Pakistan

The Washinton Post ^ | December 20, 2003 | Joby Warrick

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Evidence discovered in a probe of Iran's secret nuclear program points overwhelmingly to Pakistan as the source of crucial technology that put Iran on a fast track toward becoming a nuclear weapons power, according to U.S. and European officials familiar with the investigation.

The serious nature of the discoveries prompted a decision by Pakistan two weeks ago to detain three of its top nuclear scientists for several days of questioning, with U.S. intelligence experts allowed to assist, the officials said. The scientists have not been charged with any crime, and Pakistan continues to insist that it never wittingly provided nuclear assistance to Iran or anyone else.

Documents provided by Iran to U.N. nuclear inspectors since early November have exposed the outlines of a vast, secret procurement network that successfully acquired thousands of sensitive parts and tools from numerous countries over a 17-year period. While Iran has not directly identified Pakistan as a supplier, Pakistani individuals and companies are strongly implicated as sources of key blueprints, technical guidance and equipment for a pilot uranium-enrichment plant that was first exposed by Iranian dissidents 18 months ago, government officials and independent weapons experts said.

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No s--t Sherlock. If one of those Moslem states has the bomb, you can bet they all have it. They either sold the technology, or gave it to their Moslem brothers.

[God luvs America]

Well...just one more thing that lunatic leftist howard dean got wrong...didn't he say on a number of occasions that Iran's "present" nuclear program was tied to the Soviet Union????

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Didn't he mean FORMER Soviet Union, or has the press alerted him that the Soviet Union no longer exists?

[God luvs America]

No...he said the "Soviet Union" and no one corrected him. He meant Russia but is too much of a psycho to know the difference.