February 6, 2009

The Wrath Of Khan, Part II

Investors Business Daily, Feb. 6, 2009

Dr. A.Q. Khan father of the Islamic nukes

Dr. A.Q. Khan father of the Islamic nukes

WMDs: Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, the man most responsible for the proliferation of nuclear technology to terrorist regimes, has been set free in Islamabad. Is Pakistan trying to tell us something?

Khan was freed by Pakistan’s Supreme Court from five years of house arrest, imposed after it was revealed that the German-trained scientist had promiscuously sold Pakistan’s nuclear secrets to regimes around the world.

We’re not talking innocent regimes here. In 2004, Khan himself confessed on TV to selling nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya. Though he was pardoned by the government at the time, he was require to remain in his home under house arrest.

At the time, Khan seemed contrite. “I take full responsibility for my actions and seek your pardon,” he said.

Today, things are different. Khan has retracted his admission of guilt and is reveling in his newfound freedom.

“The court has said as he was not involved in nuclear proliferation or criminal activity, there is no case against him, therefore he is a free citizen,” said Ali Zafar, Khan’s attorney. (Continue Reading this Article)

Posted by Jerry Gordon @ 10:05 pm | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to The Wrath Of Khan, Part II

  1. Laura says:

    Khan headed Pakistan’s nuclear program for 25 years, starting in 1976. He’s a clever metallurgist, but he didn’t create the bomb on his own. In fact, he stole much of the technology from Western Europe, where he worked and studied during the 1960s and ’70s, and in 1983 was even convicted in absentia by a Dutch court for the crime.

    Why are muslims even allowed to work and study in the west, especially in such a field as this?

    Anyway we should capture khan and subject him to torture.

  2. BlandOatmeal says:

    Khan needs to be co-opted. Can’t we find an American company willing to buy him out? Oh, I forgot — the US has abandoned nuclear energy — too dangerous.

  3. Theway2k says:

    If ever there is a reason for Gitmo to exist, Khan is a classic example. A Gitmo incarceration would not only keep America safe, but keep Islamic nations and rogue nations from nuclear proliferation if it is not too late already.