Libyan Arms Papers Are Linked to China:Nuclear Secrets Passed Through Pakistan

Washington Post ^ | Joby Warrick and Peter Slevin

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Libyan Arms Papers Are Linked to China
Nuclear Secrets Passed Through Pakistan

By Joby Warrick and Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, February 15, 2004; Page A01

Investigators have identified China as the origin of nuclear weapons designs found in Libya last year, exposing yet another link in a chain of proliferation that passed nuclear secrets through Pakistan to other countries in Asia and the Middle East, according to government officials and arms experts.

The bomb designs and other papers turned over by Libya have yielded dramatic evidence of China's long-suspected role in transferring nuclear know-how to Pakistan in the early 1980s, they said. The designs were later resold to Libya by a Pakistani-led trading network through a nuclear trading network that is now the focus of an expanding international probe, added the officials and experts, who are based in the United States and Europe.

The packet of documents, some of which included text in Chinese, contained detailed, step-by-step instructions for assembling an implosion-type nuclear bomb that could fit atop a large ballistic missile. They also included technical instructions for manufacturing components for the device, the officials and experts said.

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U.S. intelligence officials concluded years ago that China provided early assistance to Pakistan in building its first nuclear weapon -- assistance that appeared to have ended in the 1980s. Still, weapons experts familiar with the blueprints expressed surprise at what they described as a wholesale transfer of sensitive nuclear technology to another country. Notes included in the package of documents suggest that China continued to mentor Pakistani scientists on the finer points of bomb-building over a period of several years, the officials said.

Islamic nukes ping.

[yonif]

Kind of weird that China is supporting Islamic terrorist states and fighting Islamists in their own country as well.

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China ping.

[yonif]

Check this out.

[Squantos]

Genie is indeed outta da bottle.........

[risk]

All part of some larger strategy? Unrestricted Warfare by Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui seems to suggest that such a policy might be attractive to China. Destabilize the west, and then sit back and seize the resulting opportunities.

[blam]

"Genie is indeed outta da bottle........."

As Mansoor Ijaz said the other night, "The nuclear horse is out of the barn."

[AUH2OY2K]

While China engages in proliferation, President Bush stands by her side in condemning Taiwan's independence referendum.

[Carry_Okie]

Proxy war, a Chinese specialty.

China is more than delighted to see us blow a half-trillion a year to fight these thugs while they keep building alliances under our nose within this hemisphere. Witness their deepening relationships with Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, and Brazil, all of whom are looking to carve a piece of the turkey.

[Southack]

Kudos to Bush and his team for catching the Communist Chinese "red" handed...

[budwiesest]

The trouble with Chinese weapons is: about an hour after they go off, you don't feel as devastated.

[risk]

bttt

[spunkets]

bump

[oceanview]

John Loftus has been saying this for weeks. The Saudis promised access to cheap oil for china's growing economy, plus money for the project. China is the root of all evil, stealing US nuclear secrets, providing the bomb for islam and north korea. they are the US #1 enemy in my opinion.

[FreeAtlanta]

Of course. Communism is so freaking evil. Why doesn't our socialist/progressive/communist/fascist/democrat/liberals see it? They all need brain transplants, imo.

[FreeAtlanta]

I am at the point that if one of our cities gets nuked, we should take out every Chinese, Russian, European and Middle-east city - except those in England or Israel. I am sick of the creepy jerks that run these weird nations.

[Imperialist]

I have always believed that china had a hand in or fore knowledge of 9/11/01. To finally have some proof that they are arming islamists with nukes is frightening. This story has given me the chills.

[Imperialist]

China is enemy #1.

[risk]

Communism is so freaking evil

Two excellent articles by Michael Ledeen on China's economic miracle:

1. From Communism to Fascism?: To be sure, the state no longer owns "the means of production." There is now private property, and, early last June, businessmen were formally admitted to the Communist Party.
2. Defeating Fascism Again: China is the world's first mature fascist state...