From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-373593-740732
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (UPI) -- The Pakistani scientist accused of
operating a nuclear proliferation ring says President Pervez Musharraf
approved a sale of weapons to North Korea.
Abdul Qadeer Khan, once honored in his country as the father of
Pakistan's nuclear bomb and now under house arrest, told reporters
Friday the army was involved in a 2000 shipment of centrifuge tubes
used to enrich uranium to North Korea, The Daily Telegraph reported.
"It was a North Korean plane, and the army had complete knowledge
about it and the equipment," Khan said. "It must have gone with his
(Musharraf's) consent."
"I can say with full confidence that it is all lies and false
statements," Musharraf spokesman Rashid Qureshi told the newspaper.
Khan once vowed that he alone was responsible for the proliferation
incidents. But since the election of a new government, he has become
increasingly outspoken and has retracted this confession, saying he
only made it to protect other Pakistani officials, the Telegraph
reported.