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| Dr AQ Khan says many scientists betrayed Bhutto |
| 2008-06-16 |
| ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s top nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has said that many scientists promised Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to make nuclear bomb in few years but betrayed him. He said late Bhutto was the only person who made the nuclear programme possible. “Bhutto asked me can we become a nuclear power and I had replied him, Insha Allah we will”, Dr Khan said in an interview with a private TV channel. He alleged that the western countries have been defaming him since long and had been accusing him of stealing nuclear secrets. However, Dr AQ Khan said he visited many western countries, including Netherlands, but no action was taken against him. To a question he said that General Zia had never instigated him against Bhutto, however, Zia always condemned Bhutto. “I asked Zia not to hang Bhutto. Zia never rolled back our nuclear programme”, he said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Khan is famous for stealing the designs of an early model Uranium enrichment centrifuge from his employer URENCO in the Netherlands. He is often referred to as a nuclear scientist but is actually a metallurgist who knows nothing of nuclear physics. The constraint in the Pakistani program was the fissile material. They were provided a design and detailed manufacturing instructions from the Chinese but little fissile material. They tested a weapon at Lop Nur, China in 1983 after performing cold tests that same year. The amazing thing is that even though India tested a device in 1974, it had no deliverable weaponized design until Rajiv Gandhi ordered development in 1988. So for about 5 years, Pakistan had an actual (though very small) arsenal that was aircraft deliverable while India had nothing to respond with. If the Paks only knew.... |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-06-16 15:22 |
| #3 puhleeze--the douchebag stole the operative plans from the dutch company he was working for--in the middle of the day no less--walking off with dup plans in his briefcase--he needs to separated from his head by a serious wetworker a la that cannonier that the mossad put to sleep--any takers? |
| Posted by: SON OF TOLUI 2008-06-16 12:14 |
| #2 I doubt Khan is a thief. The Chinese were happy to give it to him and if they had demanded payment the Saudis would happily have obliged. Besides, he's not smart enough to be a thief. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-06-16 07:32 |
| #1 Khan is a thief. His demographic cesspool of a homeland couldn't produce nuclear technology, so he stole it. His arrest and confinement were fake. He lives on a splendid estate and travels where he wants, with a cop escort. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-06-16 01:32 |