“Crooked generals sold Pakistan’s atomic secrets”
Published: 30 May, 2008, 09:33
Edited: 10 January, 2010, 09:22
The father of Pakistan’s atomic bomb is back in the spotlight, four years after he admitted selling nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya. On Thursday Abdul Qadeer Khan told the Guardian newspaper in Britain
Khan denies violating international laws and has repeatedly refused to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Meanwhile this week the IAEA confirmed his link to Iran’s nuclear programme.
Since his tearful TV address in 2004, Khan has lived in his villa below the Margalla Hills in Islamabad. Initially his telephone calls were monitored and he was banned from using the internet. But these security restrictions were later loosened due to his shrinking influence.
Although questions remain about his involvement in selling nuclear technology, experts agree he was made a scapegoat for Pakistani generals linked to nuclear trading.
Khan headed Pakistan’s nuclear programme for 25 years. He is still considered a national hero in the country.
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first of all, what happened to objective journalism? the generals are not 'crooked' just because they sold this information. Pakistan has the right to share such intelligence as much as any other country, is there such an issue made in the media of all not only intelligence but actual weapons sold from usa and its allies to israel and other countries? and why is iran perceived as a rogue state? they have not attacked anyone yet, true they have a silly leader but so do most other countries, being a holocaust denier seems the only proven charge, forget freedom of speech there is no freedom of thought or opinion on the opposite side we have support in the media for the right to prevent practice of religion by not allowing mosques domes and minarets or headscarf (they are not wrapping the headscarf over your head so what's the issue?) and the right to insult islam seems to be essential for the sustenance of free speech that is a joke and hypocrisy of the greatest degree maybe the term anti semite should be used more to describe such actions
The Pakistani bomb is a result of (a) their unfounded obsession with India and other preceived enemies of Islam (b) US laxity in not stopping the Pakistanis in the 1980s when they were pursuing the technology, as the US wanted Pak help to fight the Russians in Afghanistan and (c) Chinese technical help, given as a misguided effort to contain India. Now the Pakistanis have spread this technology to N Korea and Iran, and had done so also to Libya before that country gave up the idea. Pakistan is a dangerous and unstable country in an advanced state of failure as a nation; its social indicators - education, health, wealth creation are on the decline; its government has lurched from a facade of democracy to outright military rule several times; it has a strong and growing fundamentalist culture that promotes intolerance and holy war as ideals. It is necessary for the world to think ahead and to plan what to do if the situation deteriorates any further. These weapons cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of ignorant zealots who want to blow up a good part fo the world that does not think like them. They must be disarmed before its too late.
pakistani panjabi generals and panjabi and pakhtoon nation are in their mentality and thiking belongs strongly islamic fudamentalim and fully suportrs of islamic extremism,therefore yes they sold the atomic technology all over the world,pakistani panjabi mentality and isi is the very big threat and danger for world,only sindhi and baloch nations are historicaly beleaves in secular and humanistic beleaves,so if the worlds democratic nation want to save this glob they must suport to national movements of sindhi and baloch nations.we think talibans and al qaida are the secret weapons of isi and panjabi generals also..........