Report: Scientist gave Iran nuke material
Group reveals Tehran closer than ever to building nuclear weapon
Posted: November 18, 2004
4:50 p.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
2004 WorldNetDaily.com
Iran obtained weapons-grade uranium and the specific design for a nuclear bomb
from an exiled Pakistani nuclear scientist, an Iranian opposition group said
today.
The National Council for Resistance, a grass-roots Iranian organization that
yesterday disclosed what they said was the secret location of an illegal
uranium-enriching facility in Iran, revealed today that Abdul Qadeer Khan, who
ran a nuclear black market that supplied Libya with nuclear technology,
provided Iran weapons-grade material.
"Khan gave Iran a quantity of HEU [highly enriched uranium] in 2001, so they
already have some," Farid Soleiman, a senior spokesman for the National Council
told reporters.
Soleiman said Khan also gave Iran a Chinese-developed warhead design sometime
between 1994 and 1996.
The National Council, based in Paris, is the political arm of the People's
Mujahedeen, which is listed by the U.S. State Department as a foreign terrorist
organization because of its involvement in attacks on Americans in the 1970s.
The group has in the past accurately revealed the location of several secret
nuclear sites in Iran and is taken very seriously by U.S. and Israeli
intelligence agencies.
If the disclosure proves accurate, it may increase pressure on America and
Israel to take decisive action against Iran.
Since Bush's re-election, the U.S. has increased exponentially their rhetoric
against Iran.
Secretary of State Colin Powell said today the U.S. has intelligence indicating
Iran is trying to fit missiles to carry nuclear weapons.
''I have seen intelligence which would corroborate what this dissident group is
saying,'' Powell told reporters today on a trip to the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation summit in Santiago. ''And it should be of concern to all parties.''
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(TonyZ2001) wrote in message news:<20041119112812.06574.00000861@mb-m15.aol.com>...
Report: Scientist gave Iran nuke material
Group reveals Tehran closer than ever to building nuclear weapon
Posted: November 18, 2004
4:50 p.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
2004 WorldNetDaily.com
Iran obtained weapons-grade uranium and the specific design for a nuclear bomb
from an exiled Pakistani nuclear scientist, an Iranian opposition group said
today.
Yeah...there's that Iranian opposition group again...and WND. What a combination eh?
LOL!
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