Pakistan's Nuclear Hero Defended

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By Jefferson Morley
washingtonpost.com StaffWriter
Tuesday, February 3, 2004

"Wahington and Islamabad," says the Delhi-based daily, are "holding their breath" to see if Khan "will spill the beans about Pakistan's offical complicity in the spread of nuclear weapons technology."

The press in India, Pakistan's South Asian nuclear rival, turns a critical eye on the U.S. role over three decades. The Times of India goes back to the early 1980's, when Pakistan, like Saddam Hussein's Iraq, was a quietly favored U.S. ally.

Pakistan proceeded to spend some $10 billion developing a nuclear arsenal, say the editors of the Times of India. The money came from Libya, Saudia Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and the depositors of the BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International), which became notorious in the early 1990's for myriad criminal activities. The bank, say the editors of the Times of India, was founded by a Pakistani and operated freely in the Persian Gulf oil enclave of Dubia. It is inconcievable, they argue, that Weatern intellignece agencies didn't know all about this black market.

In other words, was the United States totally clueless while a Pakistani scientist supplied nuclear technology to Iran and North Korea?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8262-2004Feb3.html

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Pakistani opposition calls for strikes Nuclear guru allegedly admits selling secrets

Local media report rumors that Khan, aware of his eroding position, handed over to his daughter Dina two weeks ago a videotape that contains his version of the story and names officals who helped him spread nuclear secrets.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/03/MNGDP4NK971.DTL