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Last update - 19:22 15/06/2008 Report: International smuggling ring may have shared advanced nukes design with Iran By The Associated Press Tags: North Korea, nuclear weapons  An international smuggling ring may have secretly shared blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon with Iran, North Korea and other rogue countries, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The now-defunct ring led by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan is previously known to have sold bomb-related parts to Libya, Iran and North K Advertisement orea. A draft report by former top United Nations arms inspector David Albright says the smugglers also acquired designs for building a more sophisticated compact nuclear device that could be fitted on a type of ballistic missile used by Iran and other developing countries, according to the Post. The drawings were discovered in 2006 on computers owned by Swiss businessmen; they were recently destroyed by the Swiss government under the supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog agency to keep them out of terrorists' hands. But U.N. officials said they could not rule out that the material had already been shared. These advanced nuclear weapons designs may have long ago been sold off to some of the most treacherous regimes in the world, Albright wrote in the draft report, which was expected to be published later this week, the Post reported. A spokesman for the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, Nadeem Kiani, did not rebut the report's findings. The government of Pakistan has adequately investigated allegations of nuclear proliferation by A.Q. Khan and shared the information with the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, Kiani told the Post. It considers the A.Q. Khan affair to be over Bookmark to del.icio.us   Snoop Dogg in Israel American rapper Snoop Dogg slated to perform in Ramat Gan. Late date Scientists revive 2,000-year-old date seed found at Masada.   1.   And on the other hand, maybe it didn`t 21:05  |  Clickfool 15/06/08   2.   Reminds some of us about a certain "affair"! 21:11  |  Stephen. 15/06/08   3.   Clickfool a paid poster 21:27  |  Nick 15/06/08   4.   Clickfool You have succeeded understanding it all by yourself 22:34  |  Gil 15/06/08   5.   Clickfool You have succeeded understanding it all by yourself 22:35  |  Gil 15/06/08   6.   If Pakistan has an "advanced nuke design" 23:13  |  Mark Lincoln 15/06/08   7.   Quess where Pakistani scientists got their hands on nukes design? 02:13  |  AliciaYasmeen 16/06/08   8.   Or, May Not Have 02:17  |  joebhed 16/06/08   9.   Report - US may have shared advanced nukes design with Israel 02:24  |  joebhed 16/06/08   10.   Some perspective for Stephen of Switzland. 02:38  |  Pervert 16/06/08   11.   Most curious 03:56  |  Mark Lincoln 16/06/08   12.   Define "advanced" 04:07  |  Mark Lincoln 16/06/08

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