NewsMine — war-on-terror — pakistan — nuclear — Viewing Item

Pakistan scientist says west sold nuke secrets { May 2008 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080617075252.37a1b9ik&show_article=1 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080617075252.37a1b9ik&show_article=1 Pakistan's Khan denies selling advanced nuke blueprint Jun 17 03:52 AM US/Eastern Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan on Tuesday denied selling blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon to Iran or North Korea, telling AFP that Western countries were to blame. Khan's comments came a day after a former arms inspector said in a report that the United States and the UN atomic watchdog must be allowed to question Khan to learn if he sold the plans. "This is all a lie, there is no truth in this. It is total bullshit," Khan told AFP by telephone from his Islamabad villa, where he has been kept under house arrest since confessing to proliferation activities in 2004. "The Western countries are suppliers of the technology, they sold it, they are the proliferators.... Why don't they publish juicy stories about Israel. There is not a single word about Israel on the nuclear issue," he added. Former UN arms inspector David Albright said on Monday after details of his report appeared in US newspapers that there was a danger that Khan might be released without having to answer questions about the sensitive blueprints. The plans show how to build a warhead compact enough to fit on a ballistic missile. "Khan may be released from house arrest. And we may never get to the bottom of this," Albright told CNN television. "So I think it's very important that we start to put pressure on the governments involved in this to find a way to get to the bottom of it." Khan was pardoned by President Pervez Musharraf in 2004 after making a televised statement admitting to passing nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya but has not been allowed out in public. But after Musharraf's allies lost general elections in February, Khan retracted the confession and said that it was forced, while asserting he merely gave Tehran and Tripoli advice on where to get atomic know-how. The new government has recently relaxed restrictions on Khan, including allowing him to meet friends at a scientific institute and take phone calls, although he remains effectively confined at his house. "The statement is just aimed at putting pressure on Pakistan government. The story came when there were talks about removing restrictions on me," added Khan, who was diagnosed with cancer two years ago. Copyright AFP 2008

Bush blocks khan nuclear investigation { February 9 2004 } Cheney helped coverup nuclear proliferation in 1989 { March 10 2004 } China transferred nuclear weapon designs to pakistan Israeli exported nuclear technology to pakistan Khan nuclear network not closed { May 27 2006 } Khan nuclear network paid by CIA Khan scapegoated for pakistan nuclear proliferation { May 30 2008 } Pakistan coversup nuclear proliferation nkorea libya { February 4 2004 } Pakistan hub of nuclear market Pakistan nuclear issue with nigeria Pakistan scientist says west sold nuke secrets { May 2008 } The nuclear supermarket US frustrates swiss nuclear smuggling probe { June 1 2006 } Washington deal with pakistan and nuclear black market Files Listed: 14

Correction/submissions

CIA FOIA Archive

National Security Archives

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information, go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purpose of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.