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NKorea received nuclear components from Pakistan with Musharraf's consent, alleges scientist
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July 5, 2008
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- MUNIR AHMAD
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Pakistan's army under President Pervez Musharraf oversaw the shipment of key nuclear components to North Korea in 2000, the architect of Pakistan's nuclear program said.
The allegation was made by scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who was sacked and disgraced after his 2004 confession that he was solely responsible for spreading nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya.
The retired scientist's comments could prove deeply embarrassing for Pakistan, which has repeatedly denied its army or government knew about Khan's proliferation activities.
In a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Khan said centrifuges _ uranium enrichment equipment _ were sent ...
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Testimony of Pakistani scientist could influence impasse over North Korea
AP Worldstream;
February 11, 2004 ;
GEORGE GEDDA, Associated Press Writer;
703 words
......Security, says Khan's links to North Korea involve assistance...conflict with North Korea." She adds that...confession by Khan would have no...could support North Korea's denial in the...information from Khan. On the other...
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How Pakistani scientist sold bomb secrets to North Korea
Belfast Telegraph;
October 10, 2006 ;
Anne Penketh;
787 words
......from Pakistan to North Korea carrying conventional...apparently because Khan's people were informed...centrifuge blueprint from Khan in the 1980s as...Through his network, Khan transferred to North Korea "nearly two dozen...government deal with North Korea for ...
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North Korea and Pakistan: a joint nuclear test? Old debate rekindled by...
International Herald Tribune;
February 28, 2004 ;
David E. Sanger and William J. Broad;
787 words
......uranium, produced at Khan's laboratories...the tests was that North Korea perhaps in return for the help from Khan may have given Pakistan...obscurity, until Khan confessed to Pakistani...and equipment to North Korea, as well as Libya...this week on what North ...
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Pakistani nuclear scientist confesses to sharing secrets; Abdul Qadeer...
The Christian Science Monitor;
February 2, 2004 ;
709 words
......scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has confessed to...Iran, Libya, and North Korea in a 12-page document...decision to dismiss Mr. Khan from his government...investigations, Khan said we wanted some...pointed out that North Korea is not a Muslim country, Khan could not give ...
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U.S. offers North Korea evidence of nuclear allegations
International Herald Tribune;
July 30, 2005 ;
David E. Sanger and Jim Yardley;
686 words
......negotiations with North Korea, the Bush administration...allegations that North Korea secretly obtained...weapons program that North Korea has boasted about...the evidence that North Korea obtained technology...built by Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani ...
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VOA NEWS: PAKISTAN'S MILITARY DENIES IT SENT NUCLEAR CENTRIFUGES TO NORTH...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
July 6, 2008 ;
173 words
......Musharraf sent centrifuges to North Korea. The head of the agency handling...that scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan gave to the Associated Press...nuclear centrifuges sent to North Korea in 2000. Khan also said that President...must have given his consent. Khan later backed off from ...
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Talk is cheap; North Korea.(North Korea's continuing nuclear ambitions)
The Economist (US);
March 6, 2004 ;
459 words
......of six-way talks over North Korea's nuclear activity that...irreversible dismantling of North Korea's nuclear programmes, while North Korea has offered to freeze...from it. America accuses North Korea of having a covert programme...anxious for a deal with North ...
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Pakistani admits nuclear transfers Confession reportedly details 15 years...
International Herald Tribune;
February 3, 2004 ;
David Rohde and David E. Sanger;
787 words
......program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has signed a detailed...he provided Iran, North Korea and Libya the designs...of them, Iran and North Korea, were among those...account is correct, Khan's admission amounts...material especially to North Korea appeared to be ...
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Did Pakistan nuclear expert export centrifuges to North Korea?
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);
September 13, 2005 ;
David E. Sanger New York Times News Service;
787 words
......believes that A.Q. Khan, the Pakistani...centrifuges to North Korea to produce nuclear...interrogations of Khan there was still...whether he also gave North Korea a Chinese-origin...reopens talks with North Korea about its nuclear...interrogations of Khan, a ...
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Over the years, missed chances on North Korea.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);
October 12, 2006 ;
787 words
......point. Had the United States acted, he said, North Korea could have been required to suspend nuclear...opportunity came five years later. In 1993, North Korea refused to allow the International Atomic Energy...aside when former President Jimmy Carter flew to North Korea in June 1994, ...
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Pakistan to share with Japan how nuclear secrets reached North Korea
AP Worldstream;
February 11, 2004 ;
MUNIR AHMAD, Associated Press Writer;
449 words
......nuclear technology to North Korea. However, the country...involved in proliferation to North Korea, Iran and Libya. Last...program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, confessed to the leaks...nuclear technology to North Korea. "Pakistan would share...any illegal transfers to North ...
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NORTH KOREA UPDATE
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
August 7, 2008 ;
426 words
......reciprocal concessions. North Korea has shut down its plutonium...sending oil and has taken North Korea off its list of terrorist...Harrison, a leading American North Korea watcher and summer resident...a 2002 CIA charge that North Korea was conducting a ...
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DENUCLEARIZATION IN NORTH KOREA:BRAD SHERMAN
Congressional Testimony;
October 25, 2007 ;
787 words
......update on our efforts towards North Korea`s denuclearization. The...the nuclear programs of North Korea, Iran, Libya and now perhaps...Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan. Khan sold nuclear equipment and...technologies to Libya, Iran and North Korea. Thankfully, in large ...
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U.S. Asks Nations to Stop Arms Trade with North Korea.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
October 19, 2002 ;
787 words
......the countries on whom North Korea traditionally relies...interest in a nuclearized North Korea. Meanwhile, U.S. Assistant...Pakistan had provided North Korea the technology to enrich...transaction that gave North Korea the ability to clandestinely...In exchange, he ...
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