“Iraq in Secret Negotiations with NK for Missile Technology”

George Tenet, the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, revealed on February 5 that Iraq was in secret negotiations with North Korea to obtain some of its most dangerous missile technology.

During his address at Georgetown University, Washington, Tenet told the group that “the Iraq Survey Group (ISG) has confirmed prewar intelligence that Iraq was in secret negotiations with North Korea to obtain some of its most dangerous missile technology.”

He added, “Intelligence also knew that Libya was working with North Korea to acquire longer-range ballistic missiles.”

He also added that they “discovered the extent of Pakistan nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan’s hidden proliferating network of nuclear technology by tagging the proliferators,” and that they “detected the network stretching from Pakistan to Europe to the Middle East to Asia offering its wares to countries like North Korea and Iran.”

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