WASHINGTON -- Pakistan is believed to have helped Al Qaida in efforts to develop nuclear weapons. A report by the Institute for Science and International Security asserted that two Pakistani nuclear scientists provided expertise to Al Qaida to develop radiological dispersal devices. The scientists were also said to have provided Al Qaida with guidelines on developing nuclear weapons. "Al Qaida wanted the Pakistani scientists' help in making radiological dispersal devices," the institute report, authored by president David Albright, said. "It has been known for long that Afghanistan has uranium resources. But that Pakistani nuclear scientists were planning to extract uranium, increases suspicions about their intentions." The report names Sultan Bashir-ud-Din Mehmood and Chaudhry Abdul Majid as those who worked with Al Qaida on its nuclear program. The two Pakistani nationals were said to have established a relief agency as a cover for contacts with Osama Bin Laden and other Al Qaida leaders.
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