Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistan's national nuclear hero, was also a nuclear
black market pariah. He sold and smuggled bomb-making secrets to North
Korea, Iran and Libya, and was put under house arrest by former
President Pervez Musharraf for five years (2004-09).
This week, A.Q. Khan was back in business -- to pull his country out from under what he called "the slavery of the United States." He had a receptive audience of tens of millions as the latest Pew Foundation survey indicates three out of four Pakistanis agreeing the United States is their "main enemy."
In 2004, U.S. President George W. Bush conferred on Pakistan the title of "major non-NATO ally."
A metallurgist by training, Khan stole nuclear bomb making secrets from the Netherlands where he was working and fathered Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, the first Islamic nation to acquire one.
Pakistan's first nuclear bomb test in 1998 came only two weeks after India detonated its first five nuclear explosions.
Following his release from house arrest three years ago, Khan, 75, quietly went to work off stage to form a coalition of former military leaders and prominent anti-U.S. politicians.
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This week, A.Q. Khan was back in business -- to pull his country out from under what he called "the slavery of the United States." He had a receptive audience of tens of millions as the latest Pew Foundation survey indicates three out of four Pakistanis agreeing the United States is their "main enemy."
In 2004, U.S. President George W. Bush conferred on Pakistan the title of "major non-NATO ally."
A metallurgist by training, Khan stole nuclear bomb making secrets from the Netherlands where he was working and fathered Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, the first Islamic nation to acquire one.
Pakistan's first nuclear bomb test in 1998 came only two weeks after India detonated its first five nuclear explosions.
Following his release from house arrest three years ago, Khan, 75, quietly went to work off stage to form a coalition of former military leaders and prominent anti-U.S. politicians.
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