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| AQ Khan: The case not closed |
| 2006-05-27 |
| With the mounting confrontation over Iran’s nuclear weapons programme, the Middle East could-be standing at the brink of war once again. An American decision to attack Iran to prevent Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from acquiring nuclear weapons would not only risk engulfing the region in conflict but would also dramatically increase the chances of Iranian-supported terrorists striking the United States at home and its interests abroad. President George W Bush would not be facing this terrible quandary if an international smuggling ring, headquartered in Pakistan, had not helped Iran’s nuclear programme for over a decade. At the head of the criminal syndicate was the Pakistani Abdul Qadeer Khan, known as the father of his country’s nuclear bomb and a man who former CIA Director George Tenet called “just as dangerous as Osama Bin Laden.” |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |