The Nuclear Jihadist
Abdul Qadeer Khan established a private network for smuggling bomb-building technology and equipment to Pakistan and then reversed the flow and sold the same lethal secrets to Iran, North Korea, Libya, and, international investigators suspect, at least one still-unknown customer.
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Fiery Rage
Photo by Asim Tanveer
Demonstrators protested the Pakistani government's treatment of Khan after he apologized for leaking the country's nuclear secrets.
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Adulation
Photo by Saeed Khan
A woman throws rose petals over Khan in 1999, the same year Khan provides Libya with plans for a nuclear warhead based on Chinese designs, along with extensive shipments of equipment through his black-market headquarters in Dubai.
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Betrayal
Khan (left) meets with President Pervez Musharraf in 2004, after admitting to leaking Pakistan's nuclear secrets.
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The Beginning
Photo by Banaras Khan
A replica of Pakistan's first nuclear test site, a source of national pride.
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