Restrictions Eased for Pakistan Nuclear Scientist (A.Q. Khan)

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Source: ABC News


Dr. A.Q. Khan Accused of Selling Nuclear Secrets to Iran, North Korea, and Libya

A court in Pakistan has eased the travel and work restrictions for the nuclear scientist Dr. A.Q. Khan, who has been under house arrest since 2004 accused of running a rogue network that sold nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran, and Libya.

"It's the court's decision," a spokesman for Pakistan's foreign office, Muhammad Sadiq Khan, told ABC News. "Dr. Khan's case is closed. He enjoys no official status and Dr. Khan in no way can indulge in proliferation."

Khan will now be allowed to carry out research work and to travel within the country after passing a security clearance.

Khan's lawyer said that his client is not content with the court's order.

"He is not totally satisfied with the verdict," said Javed Iqbal Jafery. "Dr. Khan has been given some relief but he wants to be free to go to the mosque and market like ordinary citizens."

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Khan spoke from his home to Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross in May and recanted his confession saying that the Pakistani government and President Pervez Musharraf forced him to be a "scapegoat" for the "national interest".

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1. Dead man walking

He is an embarrassment to the U.S. and Turkey because of both country's involvement in Khan's black market nuclear smuggling ring.

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3. AQ Khan - longtime BFEE operative. Poppy Bush, Jackson Stephens, Dubai and Saudi royals,

Bin Ladens, Khan, Marc Rich, Adnan Kashoggi, James Bath.......AQ Khan has his fascist creds.

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2. Except those 'restrictions' were actually lifted the same day Scooter Libby was commuted

by Bush. And, I doubt that the two are unrelated, since Libby was another BFEE fixer during IranContra and BCCI and why Libby was 'representing' Marc Rich on his involvements in those matters which are still the key to everything going on today.

Kerry's BCCI report named AQ Khan as another outstanding matter that needed further scrutiny and somehow Bill Clinton sided with GHWBush and his cronies on that. Gee - could Jackson Stephens have pulled any MORE strings?