Pakistan Now Says Scientist Did Send Koreans Nuclear Gear - New York Times

Pakistan Now Says Scientist Did Send Koreans Nuclear Gear - New York Times: "Pakistan Now Says Scientist Did Send Koreans Nuclear Gear


By SALMAN MASOOD and DAVID ROHDE
Published: August 25, 2005

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 24 - Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, confirmed Tuesday for the first time that a Pakistani nuclear scientist had provided North Korea with centrifuge machines that could be used to make fuel for an atomic bomb, a Japanese news agency reported.

In an interview here with the agency, Kyodo News, General Musharraf said the former head of his country's nuclear program, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, had sent 'centrifuges - parts and complete' to North Korea. The Pakistani leader did not divulge the number of centrifuges that arrived in North Korea, saying, 'I do not exactly remember the number.'"