[angkor]

Dunno. It's strange.

Kerry was co-chair of the committee that investigated BCCI, and here's what his final report had to say, in the appendix "Matters For Further Investigation":

1. The extent of BCCI's involvement in Pakistan's nuclear program. As set forth in the chapter on BCCI in foreign countries, there is good reason to conclude that BCCI did finance Pakistan's nuclear program through the BCCI Foundation in Pakistan, as well as through BCCI-Canada in the Parvez case. However, details on BCCI's involvement remain unavailable. Further investigation is needed to understand the extent to which BCCI and Pakistan were able to evade U.S. and international nuclear non-proliferation regimes to acquire nuclear technologies.

[American in Israel]

My bet is that there is a direct link from Saddam's WMD programs after the first gulf war to BCCI. I bet not only did Saddam's enriched French Uranium end up there, but also funding from the UN Oil for fools funding of Saddam's rebuilding efforts.

I think the foundation of Pakistan's nuclear program is based on Saddam's "generosity" with goods, scientists and funding.