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| Syria enlisted help of 'father' of Pakistan's atom bomb |
| 2011-11-01 |
| Syria enlisted the services of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani scientist, in a covert programme to develop a nuclear weapon, it has been claimed. United Nations investigators say they have identified a previously unknown complex in the far north-east of Syria that bears a striking resemblance to a uranium enrichment plant Mr Khan planned to build in Libya, officials were reported as saying by the Associated Press news agency. Further bolstering long-held suspicions over the scientist's connections with Syria, the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has obtained correspondence between Mr Khan and a Syrian official proposing co-operation, the officials said. The twin disclosures provide the most compelling evidence linking the "father" of Pakistan's atom bomb and Syria. They also appear to confirm that the Syrian regime followed two separate tracks in its attempts to develop a nuclear weapons programme. Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has always denied links with Mr Khan, whose nuclear black market is thought to have supplied blueprints and technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya. The president insisted that the only communication he ever had came in a letter from Mr Khan in 2001 offering Syria help to build an atom bomb. Mr Assad said he rejected the proposal. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Khan Khaaaaaaaaaaan! |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-11-01 22:02 |