We've seen this before, but there is some additional detail here. The jist is that Libya's nuclear weapons program was Saddam's weapons program. It was also Egypt's. It doesn't say so here, but I have seen references elsewhere suggesting that the Saudis had an interest as well.
We've seen references elsewhere that Libya's uranium was shipped under the table from Niger (among other places in Africa) which adds an additional level of interest to the Saddam/France/Niger story.
Evidence Is Cited Linking Koreans to Libya Uranium
"The North Koreans have been selling missiles for years to many countries," one senior Bush administration official said recently, referring to the country's well-known sales to Iran, Syria, Egypt, Pakistan and other nations. "Now, we have to look at their trading network in a very different context, to see if something much worse was happening as well."
APRIL? 2000 : (TAIWANESE BUSINESSMAN ON HIS WAY TO LIBYA IS ARRRESTED WITH NORTH KOREAN PARTS FOR SCUD MISSILES IN HIS BAGS) Three months later [after UK police intercept N Korean missile parts on their way to Libya] , a 44-year-old Taiwanese businessman was arrested at Zurichs airport with three cast-iron parts for Scud missiles in his bags. The man, who was traveling to Libya, was released two months later and sent back to Taiwan. He told Swiss authorities he was only a courier and had no idea what the parts were used for.- "Uncrating a sea-going missile factory : Indian officials find Scud components aboard N. Korean ship, " FIRST OF TWO ARTICLES, By Joby Warrick, THE WASHINGTON POST, via MSNBCnews