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2005-02-07 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-02-07 12:25:15 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "But Pakistani sources close to Khan say Musharraf backed away from arresting the scientist out of fear that Khan would finger senior members of the Pakistani military and security services as having been complicit in nuclear trafficking. "Everyone got a cut," says a Khan acquaintance, referring to high-ranking military officers connected with the nuclear program."

And is a president/general a senior member of the Pakistani military services? Perhaps there isn't "room at the top," just an opening for a new salesman.

Posted by James 2005-02-07 1:44:18 AM|| [http://www.idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2005-02-07 1:44:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Exactly James. As I've always said, Khan was selling at the behest of the ISI and Pak army - he was just feeding the monkeys.

Posted by Spot 2005-02-07 8:38:17 AM|| 2005-02-07 8:38:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 At a time of high tensions with India over the disputed region of Kashmir, the event turned Khan into a national hero.

Khan equipped Pakistan with nuclear weapons, which came very close to making Pakistan a nuclear wasteland during periods of tension with India. Some hero.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-02-07 10:44:01 AM|| 2005-02-07 10:44:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 made mass martyrdom possible, AP

Posted by Frank G 2005-02-07 10:58:33 AM|| 2005-02-07 10:58:33 AM|| Front Page Top

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