Israeli suspected of selling nukes to India and Pakistan

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Fri Feb-20-04 06:37 PM
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Israeli suspected of selling nukes to India and Pakistan

Edited on Fri Feb-20-04 06:37 PM by kalian

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/396317.html

WASHINGTON - An Israeli businessman accused of being a middleman in the nuclear black market worked to supply not only Pakistan but also its arch-rival India, court records indicate.

South Africa-based Asher Karni faces felony charges of exporting nuclear bomb triggers to Pakistan. But court files in the case also include e-mail exchanges between Karni and an Indian businessman who was trying secretly to buy material for two Indian rocket factories.

"Be careful to avoid any reference to the customer name," warned one message from Karni's Indian contact, Raghavendra "Ragu" Rao of Foretek Marketing (Pvt.) Ltd.

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This is rich...

On edit: where to post this article...? :shrug:

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