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| Khan "can keep his money" |
| 2004-02-09 |
| Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, the disgraced founder of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme can keep Part of the plea bargin, keep your mouth shut, take the blame and you get to live the good life. At least until everyone is looking the other way. A report in the Sunday Telegraph from Islamabad on Sunday quoted Gen Musharraf saying he would spare the scientist’s property or assets. "He can keep his money," Gen Musharraf said, adding that there had been good reason not to investigate the origin of Dr Khan’s suspicious wealth before 1998, when Pakistan successfully tested its first nuclear weapon. "We wanted the bomb in the national interest and so you have to ask yourself whether you act against the person who enabled you to get the bomb." And there is the entire situation in a nutshell. Dr Khan is believed to have earned millions of dollars from his clandestine sale of nuclear know-how, beginning in the late 1980s. Much of the money was funnelled through bank accounts in the Middle East . His assets include four houses in Islamabad worth an estimated 1.5 million pounds, a villa on the Caspian Sea , a hotel in Mali and a valuable vintage car collection. Lifestyles of the rich and infamous. Gen Musharraf said he understood the need for Pakistani scientists to develop a secret overseas network when building their first nuclear weapon. "Obviously, we made our nuclear strength from the underworld. We did not buy openly. Every single atomic power has come through the underworld, even India ." Speak for yourself, we rolled our own. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 Faisal Moore says we stole ours from Germany. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-2-9 10:30:09 AM |
| #1 KHAAAAAAAANNNNNNN! |
| Posted by: Unmutual 2004-2-9 9:56:13 AM |