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01-06-2005, 02:40 AM
AQ Khan sold blueprints for nulcear bomb to Libya: US paper
Washington, Jan 5. (UNI):Top nuclear scientist and father of Pakistan's atomic bomb Abdul Qadeer Khan has clandestinely sold nuclear gear to Libya worth 100 million dollars and blueprints for a ten-kiloton nuclear bomb.
A New York Times report quoted intelligence officials as saying that US experts were unsure who else had those designs besides Libya.
They were not certain if the designs had also been passed on to Iran, Syria or al Qaeda, the report said.
More on this Story (http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/003200501051410.htm)
Washington, Jan 5. (UNI):Top nuclear scientist and father of Pakistan's atomic bomb Abdul Qadeer Khan has clandestinely sold nuclear gear to Libya worth 100 million dollars and blueprints for a ten-kiloton nuclear bomb.
A New York Times report quoted intelligence officials as saying that US experts were unsure who else had those designs besides Libya.
They were not certain if the designs had also been passed on to Iran, Syria or al Qaeda, the report said.
More on this Story (http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/003200501051410.htm)