Word: qadeer
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...long ago, Abdul Qadeer Khan used to walk into a wooded park across the street from his mansion in Pakistan's capital city and feed the monkeys who lived there. That was when he was a national hero and a multimillionaire, owner of a fleet of vintage cars and properties from Dubai to Timbuktu. But Khan, 68, no longer crosses the street to feed the monkeys. These days he is almost never seen outside. His house, which lies just over a grassy hillside from Islamabad's King Faisal Mosque, is modern, squat and dark, its façade concealed behind...
...Abdul Qadeer Khan, and what kind of threat does his illicit enterprise still pose? When you piece together the details of Khan's career, his business dealings and the covert operation that brought him down, what emerges is a portrait of a brainy engineer who devoted his life to the pursuit and proliferation of the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Born to humble beginnings, he became a globe-trotting magnate who relished the luxury that fame and savvy brought him. But colleagues say he was also driven by a devout faith and a burning belief that Muslim possession of nuclear...
...fact, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf pardoned Abdul Qadeer Khan the day after the Pakistani scientist publicly admitted to selling nuclear secrets to Libya, Iran and North Korea. Khan remains under house arrest, but nearly all his associates are free. The U.S. has not gained access to Khan to figure out what he sold to whom...
...ARRESTED. B.S.A. TAHIR, 44, Sri Lankan businessman; on allegations that he conspired with Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan to manufacture and sell nuclear weapons components; in Kuala Lumpur. Tahir allegedly duped Malaysian company Scomi Precision Engineering, which is partly controlled by Kamaluddin Abdullah, the son of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, into making parts for a centrifuge intended for Libya...
...Number of North Korean nuclear devices Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan says he was shown during a visit to Pyongyang five years...