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Pakistan Now Says Scientist Did Send Koreans Nuclear Gear
NYT ^ | August 25, 2005 | SALMAN MASOOD and DAVID ROHDE

Posted on 08/24/2005 8:50:05 PM PDT by bloggodocio

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 24 - Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, confirmed Tuesday for the first time that a Pakistani nuclear scientist had provided North Korea with centrifuge machines that could be used to make fuel for an atomic bomb, a Japanese news agency reported. In an interview here with the agency, Kyodo News, General Musharraf said the former head of his country's nuclear program, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, had sent "centrifuges - parts and complete" to North Korea.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: abdulqadeerkhan; northkorea; nuclearblackmarket; nukes; pakistan; proliferation
Bloggodocio
1 posted on 08/24/2005 8:50:07 PM PDT by bloggodocio
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To: bloggodocio
*bangs head on floor at the stupidity*
2 posted on 08/24/2005 8:52:08 PM PDT by kingu (Draft Fmr Senator Fred Thompson for '08.)
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To: bloggodocio

all these programs - Pakistan, NK, Iran - came from China.


3 posted on 08/24/2005 8:53:15 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: bloggodocio
" Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, had sent "centrifuges - parts and complete" to North Korea."

I'll bet the commonality is pieces. 'Lil itty-bitty pieces.

4 posted on 08/24/2005 8:53:28 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: oceanview

Yup. Just used pakistan for plausible deniability. Nothing to see here. Let's just move along.


5 posted on 08/24/2005 9:16:30 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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