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No need to grill Dr
Qadeer: US
WASHINGTON—Giving yet another clean chit to
Pakistan, the United States has said it does not
need to question nuclear scientist A Q Khan in
light of reports that he helped Iran in
enriching Uranium. When asked if in the context
of the latest statements of Teheran on Uranium
conversion, it was necessary to get back to Khan
and question him afresh, state department acting
spokesperson Adam Ereli said, “I wouldn’t make
that connection.” “...Obviously we continue
to...Tie up loose ends on the A Q Khan issue but
we’ve...Pretty much gotten to the bottom of it,
although obviously it’s an issue that continues
to be of interest to us,” he said. “And what we
need to see with regard to Iran, which is
different from the A Q Khan investigation, is a
complete and transparent accounting from Iran
about its nuclear programme which we haven’t
gotten...,” Ereli remarked.
The Spokesman was asked why Washington would not
take the Pakistan route given its “significantly
better” relations with that country than that of
Iran and find out the full scheme of things.—INP
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