Word: nuclearization
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...Khan appeared on Pakistani national television and confessed to operating a clandestine network that sold nuclear secrets. Then President Pervez Musharraf pardoned him the next day and Khan was placed under de facto house arrest. While the Pakistani government claimed he was being held for his own protection, Khan was not allowed to move freely...
...Khan said that his 2004 televised confession was a lie and that he had been pressured by Musharraf into making it. The same year, according to the Associated Press, the Pakistani government ordered Khan not to discuss nuclear weapons technology with anyone, including his family...
...When Pakistan detonated a series of underground nuclear bombs in 1998, Khan was hailed as a hero - India already had nuclear weapons and Pakistan's acquisition was seen as leveling a contentious playing field. Khan's portrait was painted on buses and he was awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz medal, which honors Pakistanis of outstanding achievement...
...While being celebrated as a national hero, Khan was secretly selling nuclear secrets and centrifuges to other countries, including North Korea, Iran and Libya, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency...
...after British and United States intelligence officials intercepted a ship headed for Libya with centrifuge parts from Khan, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, caught red-handed, decided to give up his nuclear program and cooperate with international inspectors...