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Abdul Qadeer Khan helped Iran, N. Korea

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Published: May 16, 2005 at 6:51 PM

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 16 (UPI) -- Investigators now believe Abdul Qadeer Khan, father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, was responsible for uranium enrichment equipment going to Iran and North Korea.

Pakistani and international investigators also found Libya paid Khan $100 million for atomic warhead designs and plans for a complete bomb factory, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

However, still undetermined is whether Khan could have run his network without the knowledge of Pakistani military and political leaders.

Neither Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf nor his predecessors fully investigated Khan despite years of allegations from U.S. officials and international media," investigators told the Times. They said they had believed Kahn was accumulating enormous wealth and had made an unauthorized trip to Dubai where he met with "dubious characters" violating Pakistani rules.

"The military knew that Khan's orders came from the very top and that it was state policy to get the bomb, by hook or by crook," said a former senior Pakistani military officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "He delivered what we all thought was impossible, and that was what mattered."

Topics: Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pervez Musharraf
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