President Says Scientist Gave Plans to N. Korea
From Times Wire Reports
Pakistan’s president said the country’s former top nuclear scientist gave centrifuge machines and their designs to North Korea, detailing the type of nuclear technology transferred, Japan’s Kyodo News reported.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview that Abdul Qadeer Khan “passed centrifuges -- parts and complete. I do not exactly remember the number.”
Khan confessed in early 2004 that he had spread sensitive technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea.
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