Friday, July 8, 2011

Did North Korea Bribe Pakistani Officials For Nuclear Bomb Secrets

A Q Khan has released a secret letter on how Pak Army generals were bribed with currency and jewellery. Indian Express

Pakistan Rejects Khan's Claims of North Korean Payoffs -- Global Security Newswire

The Pakistani government on Thursday rejected claims from former top nuclear-weapon scientist and proliferator Abdul Qadeer Khan that North Korea paid millions of dollars to senior military officers for help in acquiring atomic expertise and technology, the Press Trust of India reported (see GSN, July 7).

"Such stories have a habit of reoccurring and my only comment is that this is totally baseless and preposterous," Foreign Office spokeswoman Tehmina Janjua said to reporters

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More News On Claims That North Korea Bribed Pakistani Officials For Nuclear Bomb Secrets

Abdul Qadeer accuses Pakistani military figures of accepting bribes from North Korea -- The Telegraph
Pakistani generals 'helped sell nuclear secrets' -- The Guardian
Scientist claims North Korea paid Pakistan for nuclear secrets -- The Independent
Pakistani Army Linked, in Letter, to Nuclear Sale -- New York Times
N.Korea 'Bribed Pakistan Brass with $3.5 Million for Nuke Tech' -- Chosun Ilbo
Letter alleges N. Korea bribed Pakistani generals for nuclear secrets -- CNN
Report: Papers Show North Korean Bribes For Pakistan's Nuclear Know-How -- NPR

Gen Zulfiqar refutes US allegations about nuclear sell-off -- DAWN/AFP
Gen Karamat denies allegations of nuclear material sale -- The Nation
Pakistan denies it was bribed by North Korea -- Reuters

AQ Khan and the two generals -- Express Tribune editorial
A.Q. Khan's Revelations: Did Pakistan's Army Sell Nukes to North Korea? -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time

My Comment: The letter that exposes this arrangement can be read here.

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