Posted on 10/28/2006 8:36:33 PM PDT by Valin
Pakistan's former top nuclear scientist who gave weapons technology to North Korea and other nations is in a stable condition after being treated for a blood clot, his wife said Saturday. Abdul Qadeer Khan, 70, had surgery last month for prostate cancer, and on Wednesday complained of a pain in his leg, Henny Khan told The Associated Press. She said a team of doctors examined her husband and treated the blood clot. An army official said the scientist was treated at a hospital this week. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The ailing scientist has been living under virtual house arrest in the capital, Islamabad, since he confessed in 2004 that he gave nuclear weapons technology to North Korea, Libya and Iran. North Korea tested a nuclear weapon for the first time on Oct. 9, alarming its Asian neighbors and western powers. Despite his admission, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf pardoned Khan because of his past role in making Pakistan the Muslim world's first known nuclear power.
Khan was involved with Pakistan's nuclear program from the 1970s to 2004 when he was fired by the government after a formal investigation into his dealings showed that he was operating a black market in weapons technology. The probe was launched in 2003 after the International Atomic Energy Agency wrote a letter to Pakistan, indicating Khan's links with the black market.
Pakistan has not disclosed the results of the probe, and has said it will not allow any foreign officials to interrogate the scientist, who is still regarded as a hero by many of his countrymen. Pakistan carried out nuclear tests in May 1998 after similar tests by rival India earlier that month.
Yeah, he's about as stable as the fissionable material he stole, and then sold, knowledge about. A crappy old monster, he...
He'd probably be more 'stable' at room temperature, though...
Why don't they let our special CIA "doctors" treat him.
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