Syria Connected to A. Q. Khan
Charles Johnson
Wed May 17, 2006 at 10:46 am PDT • Views: 187
Pakistani nuclear salesman Abdul Qadeer Khan and his traveling Armageddon Roadshow apparently made a stop in Syria: Pakistani nuke supplier tied to Syria. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
U.S. intelligence agencies suspect Syria was offered and received nuclear weapons technology from the covert Pakistani supplier group headed by A.Q. Khan, according to an intelligence report.
An annual report to Congress on arms proliferation states that Pakistani investigators have confirmed reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency that the Khan network “offered nuclear technology and hardware to Syria.”
“We are concerned that expertise or technology could have been transferred,” said the intelligence report, which is the first time the Bush administration has publicly linked Syria to Khan.
Frank says: