Posted on 08/22/2006 7:49:00 PM PDT by Ben Mugged
Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who developed the Muslim world's first nuclear bomb and later confessed to leaking weapons technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, is battling prostate cancer, the government said Tuesday.
The announcement could lead to renewed calls for Pakistan to let the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency question the 70-year-old scientist over his international black market dealings a request that Pakistan's government reiterated it would refuse.
Khan was diagnosed with cancer earlier this month following a routine examination, according to a Ministry of Information statement that gave no details about his condition.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said Khan would be provided "the best medical care" in Pakistan and would not go abroad for treatment.
Pakistan launched a formal investigation into Khan's dealings in 2003 after the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, wrote a letter to Pakistan saying that Khan was operating a black market in weapons technology and know-how.
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I wonder how much exposure he got?
/johnny
Mess with Atoms, Atoms will mess with you.
"...battling prostate cancer.."
I understand the the cutting edge treatment for this type of malady now being practiced all over the world is to stick a sharp sabre in the gut and pull all the way up to the neck. I hope the doctors do that procedure tomorrow, no pain medication. Let him face East.
I hope his doctor has hands the size of shaq's
Ohhh he might want to use his nukes against prostate cancer.
ROFLMAO!!
What comes around goes around. Good ole karma at work.
He's been a pain in the a$$, and now he's got a real pain in his a$$
Why?
"...weapons technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya,"
What a wonderful human being, his parents must be so proud.
Because he is a turd, and his only objective with getting the bomb for Pakistan was to see it proliferate throughout the Muslim world and someday be used against us, that's why.
He was selling nuclear weapons technology to Iran, North Korea, Libya, etc. He is responsible for more illegal nuclear proliferation to the bad guys than any single person.
When was the last time you had a PSA test?
Is this supposed to be a bad thing? Because if it is I'll have to go get an extra quart of sympathy, as I appear to be out.
Huh? A what? Can't say I've had one.
Aaawwww....
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