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2006-05-17 Africa North

Intelligence Success: Details of How Khadhafi Came to Give Up His WMD, and What We Learned

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Posted by trailing wife 2006-05-17 17:22|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Those blueprints were for Chicom4, the fourth Chinese test, a missile deliverable, 1 m diameter, implosion weapon using HEU that weighed 500 kg.

The blueprints were wrapped in a plastic bag from Dr AQ Khan's dry cleaners in Rawalpindi. They included copious notes in Urdu, explaining fabrication procedures of each componant.

The Chinese have not been punished for this blatant irresponsible act of proliferation, nor has Pakistan.

Posted by john 2006-05-17 19:46|| 2006-05-17 19:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Iff I remember correctly, either "the Colonel" or another high-ranking Libbie official was quoted as saying how Libya is one of the most tunneled nations or region in the ME-North Africa, wid vast, deep, multi-layered underground networks in large areas of Libya proper, including extensions into neighboring sovereign countries.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-05-17 20:49|| 2006-05-17 20:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Hopefully the answer to that complaint is, "...yet," john.

Does anyone know if this the same Judith Miller who spent so much time in jail to protect her sources for the Plame story?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-05-17 20:56|| 2006-05-17 20:56|| Front Page Top

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