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Khan says he saw 'nuclear bombs'

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Pakistan's top nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who passed nuclear bomb technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea, has told interrogators he was shown three nuclear devices at a secret underground nuclear plant when he visited North Korea five years ago, The New York Times said April 13.

Although U.S. officials were unclear about Khan's ability to discern a real nuclear device from a mock-up during his visit, his account if true would match previous CIA estimates of North Korea's nuclear capabilities, the daily said.

The account of Khan's 1999 visit to North Korea has been provided in classified briefings to nations within reach of the North's missiles, Asian and American officials who were briefed by the Pakistanis told the daily. Pakistan is not allowing U.S. intelligence agencies to interrogate Khan directly.

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