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Abdul Qadeer Khan,

Pakistani scientist considered the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, admitted in February that he had passed on designs and technology for building nuclear weapons to other countries, including North Korea, Iran, and Libya. He emphatically denied that his government had sanctioned the transactions.


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