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| India-Pakistan |
| Pakistani nuclear chief says North Korea bribed officers for technology |
| 2011-07-07 |
| Abdul Qadeer Khan, the founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, released documents that he said proves that North Korean officials paid millions of dollars to top members of the Pakistani military establishment in exchange for nuclear technology. One of the documents provided by Khan included a North Korean letter dated July 15, 1998, which reported that $3 million had been paid to Jehangir Karamat, then the chief of staff of the Pakistani army. The letter also stated that $500,000, as well as three "diamond and ruby sets," had been paid to Lt. Gen. Zulfiqar Khan. Both officials denounced the letter as a fake. A senior U.S. official said that the signature on the letter appeared authentic, and that the account was consistent with the U.S. government's knowledge of events. The former IAEA official charged with investigating Khan said that he had also heard similar accounts of bribes paid by North Korea to Pakistani military officials. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 "It's not our fault. They bribed us!" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-07-07 14:36 |