From: Blunderov (squooker@mweb.co.za)
Date: Mon May 24 2004 - 07:42:30 MDT
rhinoceros
Sent: 22 May 2004 04:34 PM
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As I said, it is each one on their own. It shouldn't come as a surprise if
Iran or N.Korea see the development of nuclear weapons as the only way not
to become Iraq or Serbia.</snip>
---- [Blunderov] Seems as if there are plenty of entrepreneurs willing to supply the demand. The South African connection came as a complete surprise to me when I first read this article but invoked some memories of the dreaded 'red mercury' alarms and excursions of some time back. (Registration required at this site BTW) Best Regards http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nukes24may24.story May 24, 2004 THE WORLD Case Reveals Nuts and Bolts of Nuclear Network, Officials Say By Josh Meyer, Times Staff Writer <excerpt> ROCKVILLE, Md. - As they race to dismantle a global black market in nuclear weapons components, U.S. authorities are focusing on an unusual case: an Orthodox Jew from Israel accused of trying to sell nuclear weapons parts to a business associate in Islamic Pakistan. Asher Karni, 50, currently a resident of South Africa, was arrested at Denver's international airport as he arrived with his wife and daughter for a New Year's ski vacation. Friends and family have been pressing for his release, describing him as a hard-working electronics salesman just trying to earn a living. However, federal authorities contend that Karni is something more: a veteran player in an underground network of traffickers in parts, technology and know-how for the clandestine nuclear weapons programs of foreign governments. The Karni case offers a rare glimpse into what authorities say is an international bazaar teeming with entrepreneurs, transporters, scientists, manufacturers, government agents, organized-crime syndicates and, perhaps, terrorists. <excerpt> --- To unsubscribe from the Virus list go to <http://www.lucifer.com/cgi-bin/virus-l>
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