Malaysian Police Disclose First Insider Account of Nuclear Trafficking Net

[rodbarnett]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian inquiry revealed that the father of Pakistan's nuclear program sold uranium enrichment equipment to Iran for $3 million and signed lucrative contracts for Libya, part of a thriving black market in nuclear arms, according to a police report released Friday.
The report - based on interviews with one of the operation's purported middlemen, Buhar Syed Abu Tahir - reveals details about alleged deals between Pakistan, Iran and Libya. It lays out the extent of the black market, which appears to have included a company owned by the son of Malaysia's prime minister, as well as British and Swiss middlemen.

Tahir, a 44-year-old Sri Lankan, says he was one of several people who helped Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, sell nuclear technology to willing bidders. Khan confessed this month to leaking nuclear technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea.

Malaysia's investigation into Tahir began after a company controlled by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's son was said to have unwittingly supplied the network.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGADBTUOWQD.html

[mistertrickster]

1. Thank god, Pakistan is our ally. Otherwise, we'd have to invade them.

<sarcasm alert>