Musharraf acknowledges nuclear know-how transfer to N. Korea

Musharraf acknowledges nuclear know-how transfer to N. Korea

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has acknowledged that the country's disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan may have given centrifuges or nuclear know-how to North Korea and Iran. Musharraf made the acknowledgement in an interview with Kyodo News on March 1.

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