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symbioidljBush has let Musharraf off the hook in A Q Khan case: US Paper
Washington | October 01, 2004 3:27:42 PM IST
The Bush Administration has been accused by a leading American paper of having let Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf of the hook over the A Q Khan nuclear proliferation affair.
In an editorial on Thursday, the Chicago Tribune said that President Bush had failed to persuade Musharraf to allow Washington or the IAEA to question Dr Khan.
The editorial titled "Bush can't let Musharraf off the hook" further goes on to say that without direct access to Khan, the world will never be sure whether his network has been completely rolled up.
"Bush didn't even try to persuade Musharraf to allow the US or International Atomic Energy Agency officials a crack at interviewing Abdul Qadeer Khan, the former head of Pakistan's nuclear program and one of the world's most brazen nuclear profiteers," the Daily Times quotes the editorial as saying.
Describing it as a "colossal mistake that could have devastating repercussions," the Chicago Tribune says that "how much trust can the US and the rest of the world have in a regime that so quickly pardons a nuclear outlaw? How much trust can there be for a regime that denies any of its officials - even in its most powerful institution, the army - knew anything about Khan's dealings?"
"The world may never know exactly who bought from Khan's network. And that is intolerable," it adds.
David Albright, a former IAEA weapons inspector, says Pakistan may not push Khan too hard because that could expose the illicit networks that the country still uses to buy nuclear technology. (ANI)
Washington | October 01, 2004 3:27:42 PM IST
The Bush Administration has been accused by a leading American paper of having let Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf of the hook over the A Q Khan nuclear proliferation affair.
In an editorial on Thursday, the Chicago Tribune said that President Bush had failed to persuade Musharraf to allow Washington or the IAEA to question Dr Khan.
The editorial titled "Bush can't let Musharraf off the hook" further goes on to say that without direct access to Khan, the world will never be sure whether his network has been completely rolled up.
"Bush didn't even try to persuade Musharraf to allow the US or International Atomic Energy Agency officials a crack at interviewing Abdul Qadeer Khan, the former head of Pakistan's nuclear program and one of the world's most brazen nuclear profiteers," the Daily Times quotes the editorial as saying.
Describing it as a "colossal mistake that could have devastating repercussions," the Chicago Tribune says that "how much trust can the US and the rest of the world have in a regime that so quickly pardons a nuclear outlaw? How much trust can there be for a regime that denies any of its officials - even in its most powerful institution, the army - knew anything about Khan's dealings?"
"The world may never know exactly who bought from Khan's network. And that is intolerable," it adds.
David Albright, a former IAEA weapons inspector, says Pakistan may not push Khan too hard because that could expose the illicit networks that the country still uses to buy nuclear technology. (ANI)
