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Pakistan sets free scientist AQ Khan [Nuke Blackmarketeer]
HT ^ | February 06, 2009 | HT

Posted on 02/06/2009 2:28:23 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins

Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist AQ Khan, who has been accused of running a proliferation network, Friday walked out a free man after the Islamabad High Court ended his house arrest.

"These things happen. We should forget and look forward," Khan said after being declared a free man by the court.

Khan told reporters that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had also been "inside".

"The government had made arrangements and nobody could hurt me. Now also, the government will take care," Khan said.

Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam, while announcing a verdict on several petitions filed against Khan's house arrest, declared him a free citizen and said he was free to move across the country. The allegations against him of nuclear proliferation have not been "substantiated", Geo TV reported.

Due to security reasons, Khan should inform the government about his movements in advance.

The court has directed the government to immediately provide security to Khan, the report said.

Khan is free to express his views, talk to media and carry out research and get treatment from any doctor of his own choice.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abdulqadeerkhan; aqkhan; iran; islam; kaliyuga; khan; libya; muslim; nkorea; northkorea; nuclear; nuclearblackmarket; nuclearscientist; pakistan; proliferation; scientist

1 posted on 02/06/2009 2:28:23 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

Take him out! Pakistan is not our friend. This never would have happened under Bush.


2 posted on 02/06/2009 2:38:55 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Due to security reasons, Khan should inform the government about his movements in advance.

Should....? Like it's a suggestion....? Unbelievable.

3 posted on 02/06/2009 2:39:27 AM PST by edpc
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Terrorists being let off... Iran testing satellite launch vehicles / ICBMs, the mad nuke scientist set free...

Americans living near big cities better read the writing on the wall.


4 posted on 02/06/2009 2:42:49 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

Anyone want to bet that by now he is in Iran?


5 posted on 02/06/2009 2:53:28 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz ("Control the information, you control the people.")
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Why Iran, when he can send everything via phone and the www?


6 posted on 02/06/2009 2:55:18 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Pakistan sets free scientist AQ Khan [Nuke Blackmarketeer]
"These things happen. We should forget and look forward," Khan said after being declared a free man by the court.

Stealing the plans for building nuclear bombs? Khan did that, so, yes, these things happen.

Selling (or, as is more probable, donating) to rabid radical islamists the nuclear bomb plans that he stole? Khan did that, so, yes, these things happen.

Getting blown into a million bits while sitting on his crapper? Khan hasn't done that yet, so, in this case, we must be content with hoping that these things happen.

7 posted on 02/06/2009 2:56:45 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

Why this guy doesn’t already have lead poisoning is beyond my realm of understanding.


8 posted on 02/06/2009 2:58:46 AM PST by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: numberonepal

Pakistan showing signs of transforming: US senator[KERRY]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak_showing_change_Senator_Kerry/articleshow/4087045.cms


9 posted on 02/06/2009 3:15:36 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
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To: All

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3667749,00.html
(REUTERS)

“Pakistani court declares nuclear scientist free”

Published:
02.06.09, 11:34 / Israel News

SNIPPET: “Khan, lionised by many Pakistanis as the father of the country’s atomic bomb, was pardoned but placed under house arrest in 2004 by the then president, Pervez Musharraf, soon after he made a televised confession to selling nuclear secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya.”


10 posted on 02/06/2009 3:43:23 AM PST by Cindy
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To: All

A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html


11 posted on 02/06/2009 3:43:52 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; little jeremiah; Indian_Fighter_Kite; Knitting A Conundrum; Hari prasad; ...

Kurukshetra War - Kali Yuga ping...

To be added to or removed from this ping list, please FReepmail Sir Francis Dashwood.

12 posted on 02/06/2009 3:51:17 AM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Cool! Was looking for a new tagline!


13 posted on 02/06/2009 4:09:09 AM PST by warpsmith (These things happen. - AQ Khan)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Israel will stop his breathing. hussein will drop trou and beg him for a ride.

LLS

14 posted on 02/06/2009 4:19:08 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my president... NEVER!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

I agree. This man should be eliminated—he’s a threat to our security, and he his responsible for spreading nuclear knowledge to our enemies.

But then, Zero would never be against another fellow Muslim.


15 posted on 02/06/2009 4:20:48 AM PST by exit82 (The Obama Cabinet: There was more brainpower on Gilligan's Island.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Obama’s fault.


16 posted on 02/06/2009 4:46:59 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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To: edpc
Should....?

Back before Americans forgot their English, "shall" was exortatory.In much of the rest of the English speaking world it remains so.

17 posted on 02/06/2009 5:05:32 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Two weeks after the O Inauguration, Khan is released. Kind of like right after Reagan’s Inauguration, the hostages in Iran were released. You’re right, this would never have taken place under Bush.


18 posted on 02/06/2009 5:05:59 AM PST by HollyB
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To: HollyB

If Khan is not the most evil man in this world then name his better.


19 posted on 02/06/2009 5:14:59 AM PST by Melchior
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To: HollyB

“You’re right, this would never have taken place under Bush.”

I’ll take it a step further. This would never have happened without Obama’s nudge and/or approval.


20 posted on 02/06/2009 5:20:43 AM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

A sniper is a terrible thing to waste.


21 posted on 02/06/2009 5:28:19 AM PST by romanesq
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

“These things happen. We should forget and look forward,” Khan said after being declared a free man by the court

WTF? Helping rogue nations build nuclear weapons is “these things happen..?”


22 posted on 02/06/2009 5:37:30 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

the timing is very odd

sounds like another new deal by President Soetero’s foreign policy experts


23 posted on 02/06/2009 5:38:38 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Iran will be among many bidders for the services of the rogue nation nuclear bomb expert


24 posted on 02/06/2009 5:39:14 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; justiceseeker93; ..
Khan told reporters that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had also been "inside". "The government had made arrangements and nobody could hurt me. Now also, the government will take care," Khan said.
Sure, but McCain would have been worse. /sarc
25 posted on 02/06/2009 7:04:31 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: 31R1O; PapaBear3625; publana; RadioCirca1970; TheBlueMax; WLR; iThinkBig; bayouranger; ...

Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

FReepmail if you want on or off

26 posted on 02/06/2009 7:33:30 AM PST by G8 Diplomat
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Pakistan showing signs of transforming: US senator[KERRY]

I don't know about most of you folks (although reading your posts might fix that), but both of these things can't both be true.

On one hand, I have The Hindustan Times, which is probably no better than the 4th or 5th best paper in the world, and that's not so good, really. And their story is based on "facts" which everyone knows are subjective anyways.

On the other hand, I have Senator Kerry, who's a Super-Duper guy, really smart, and the rest of the world loves him for it! Plus it's scientifically proven he's the best Senator of all now that Barry and Hill are gone!

Count me in the "Positive Transformation" camp all the way!!!

27 posted on 02/06/2009 7:58:19 AM PST by Owl_Eagle (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Cindy

Well, we’ll see if ‘bombing Pockystan’ was just bloviation.

It would be nice to get this to the 9-11 families meeting with him.

I saw it at this link:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/06/nuclear-pakistan-khan


28 posted on 02/06/2009 8:00:02 AM PST by AliVeritas (They serve Moloch/Ba'al. Prepare for punishment. Gird your loins, pray, pray, pray.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

29 posted on 02/06/2009 8:00:31 AM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: edpc

And don’t forget, he gets protection as well.


30 posted on 02/06/2009 8:01:12 AM PST by AliVeritas (They serve Moloch/Ba'al. Prepare for punishment. Gird your loins, pray, pray, pray.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Ummmm, weird that this would happen right when Hussein freed his other Islamic bros in Gitmo.
31 posted on 02/06/2009 8:01:33 AM PST by roses of sharon (Pray Hussein fails!)
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To: Cindy

Oops sorry, should have known you’d be here light years before me.


32 posted on 02/06/2009 8:03:11 AM PST by AliVeritas (They serve Moloch/Ba'al. Prepare for punishment. Gird your loins, pray, pray, pray.)
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To: AliVeritas

Protection?.... Think Ms Butto


33 posted on 02/06/2009 8:06:44 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The original point of America was not to be Europe)
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To: HollyB

Gitmo trials stopped, pulling out of Iraq (in spite of Iraq agreement), breaking the US (like Osama said he would), cutting Star Wars and missle defense (while raising up the Ojugend and National Civilian Force/Canada concept), spreading contraception and abortion (hey, gotta reduce the infidel), his proles meeting with any terror regime they could way before he was elected...

Nothing to see here... move along.

Asbahi, meetings with Qazwini and other undercover imam gatherings. Those millions in screwy ME donations, campaign phone bank in Gaza...

Ooh look, a shiny thing.


34 posted on 02/06/2009 8:13:33 AM PST by AliVeritas (They serve Moloch/Ba'al. Prepare for punishment. Gird your loins, pray, pray, pray.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

Calling Jack Bauer...


35 posted on 02/06/2009 9:35:44 AM PST by eleni121 (EN TOUTO NIKA!! + In this sign Conquer! +)
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To: AliVeritas
You think if Bush was still President this would have happened? Good bet not. We have officially entered another “Peace through Weakness” period of our Country. Thanks Bambi
36 posted on 02/06/2009 9:45:37 AM PST by DAC21
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins; Calpernia; WestCoastGal; PGalt; LucyT; Fred Nerks

Special Report: Pakistan Frees Black Market Nuke AQ Khan - “Father of the Islamic Bomb”
-— “a man former CIA director George Tenet has described as being at least as dangerous as Osama Bin Laden”

Pakistan court lifts disgraced nuclear scientist’s de facto house arrest, says he’s ‘free’ - Abdul Qadeer Khan
http://www.whotv.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-pakistan-nuclear-scientist,0,3636095.story
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090206/wl_nm/us_pakistan_nuclear_3
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7873962.stm
— Pakistan court declares AQ Khan a free citizen
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_court_declares_AQ_Khan_a_free_citizen/articleshow/4086677.cms
— IHC declares Dr A Q Khan a free citizen — Khan can “carry out research”
http://www.geo.tv/2-6-2009/34508.htm
— “Pakistan has prevented foreign investigators from questioning Khan, insisting it has passed on all relevant information about nuclear proliferation. That bar is likely to remain.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/06/nuclear-pakistan-khan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/06/pakistani-scientist-abdul-qadeer-khan
— AQ Khan’s release another deception by Pak: India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/AQ_Khans_release_another_deception_by_Pak_India/articleshow/4088852.cms

(Pakistan) Abdul Qadeer Khan (aka A.Q. Khan) known as the “Father of the Islamic Bomb”
-— “a man former CIA director George Tenet has described as being at least as dangerous as Osama Bin Laden”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4118939.stm
-— BBC Profile and articles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3343621.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7873962.stm
-— CBC Timeline on Khan
http://www.cbc.ca/nuclearjihad/timeline.html
— GlobalSecurity.org Report - Khan’s nuclear black market efforts to Iran, Libya, North Korea
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/pakistan/khan.htm
-— A.Q. Khan’s secrets - suggests Khan network more widespread to other Islamic nations
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/30/opinion/edpak.php
-— The Legacy of A.Q. Khan
http://www.cfr.org/publication/11316/treacherous_legacy_of_aq_khan.html
-— On the trail of the black market bombs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3481499.stm
-— The Wrath of Khan by William Langewiesche
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200511/aq-khan
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200601/aq-khan
-— May 2007: ‘AQ Khan’s network is still active’
http://www.iiss.org/whats-new/iiss-in-the-press/press-coverage-2007/may-2007/aq-khans-network-is-still-active/
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1d10d9bb-0bc1-44a4-8b40-532d1047d4ff&&Headline=%27AQ+Khan%27s+network+is+still+active%27
-— July 4, 2008: Pakistan ‘knew of nuclear flight’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7490423.stm

More on A.Q. Khan:
— January 18, 2009: Pakistan PM Gilani rules out IAEA access to Dr AQ Khan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_1
— January 14, 2009: No contact with Bin Laden, says AQ Khan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\14\story_14-1-2009_pg7_31
— January 13, 2009: A Q Khan is a closed chapter: Pakistan PM
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/A_Q_Khan_is_a_closed_chapter_Pak_PM/articleshow/3972679.cms
— January 12, 2009: US sanctions on AQ Khan ‘allies’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7824883.stm
— November 12, 2008: A Q Khan slams ‘traitor’ Musharraf
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/A_Q_Khan_slams_traitor_Musharraf/articleshow/3705662.cms
— October 15, 2008: Dr Khan, his wife move IHC
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\15\story_15-10-2008_pg7_12
— October 1, 2008: US seeks direct access to A Q Khan: Report
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/US_seeks_direct_access_to_A_Q_Khan_Report/articleshow/3549938.cms
— September 13, 2008: ‘A Q Khan behind Libyan, Iranian & S Korean N-programmes’
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/A_Q_Khan_kickstarted_Libyan_N-programmes_IAEA/articleshow/3479434.cms
— September 13, 2008: Pakistan dismisses IAEA report on A Q Khan as ‘old allegations’
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_dismisses_IAEA_report_on_A_Q_Khan_as_old_allegations/rssarticleshow/3479824.cms
— September 4, 2008: New government won’t hand me over to IAEA: AQ Khan
http://www.topnews.in/new-government-wont-hand-me-over-iaea-aq-khan-232652
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Pak_dismisses_IAEA_report_on_A_Q_Khan_as_old_allegations/articleshow/3479824.cms
— August 22, 2008: Pakistani Nuclear Scientist: Musharraf handed over 750 Pakistanis to U.S.
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9375.htm
— August 11, 2008: Is A.Q. Khan a ‘Patriot’ or the ‘Godfather of Proliferation’?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,571252,00.html
— June 15, 2008: Fears over nuclear weapon plans
—— “An international smuggling ring managed to acquire blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon, a former UN arms inspector is to say in a new report”
—— “The blueprints included key details for building a compact nuclear device”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7455249.stm
— May 30, 2008: Disgraced atomic scientist disowns confession
—— Khan: “It doesn’t bother me at all. They don’t like our God, they don’t like our prophet, they don’t like our holy book, the Qur’an. So how could they like me?”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/30/pakistan.nuclear
— Pakistan Forum: “Dr AQ Khan a National Treasure”
http://www.forumpakistan.com/dr-aq-khan-a-national-treasure-t12693.html
— March 7, 2008: PML-N’s Nawaz Sharif demands Dr AQ Khan, Mengal’s release
http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/334852
— February 2, 2004: Pakistan Nuke ‘Father’ Confesses - Official: Khan Admits Transferring Secrets To Iran, N. Korea, Libya
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/03/terror/main597693.shtml

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37 posted on 02/06/2009 12:57:45 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=7451 [Survival,food,garden,crafts,and more)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins
One more wax job for the Mossad. They hirin'?
38 posted on 02/06/2009 1:59:56 PM PST by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, ( member NRA)
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To: LibLieSlayer

This guy is THE greatest threat to the free world and must be silenced.


39 posted on 02/06/2009 2:04:07 PM PST by acliffhang3r
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To: nw_arizona_granny

I hope he meets an untimely end!!


40 posted on 02/06/2009 2:29:16 PM PST by WestCoastGal (If we will hold the course, God in Heaven will raise up friends to help fight these battles.P Henry)
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additional:

[Illicit Nuke Trader] AQ Khan’s release another deception by Pakistan: India
The Times of India | 6 Feb., 2009 | The Times of India
Posted on 02/06/2009 6:27:18 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179644/posts

Disgraced Pakistan nuke scientist freed by court (Obama will stop him)
AP Via Yahoo | 2-6-09 | MUNIR AHMAD
Posted on 02/06/2009 10:35:34 AM PST by puffer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2179842/posts

Disgraced Pakistan A-bomb scientist declared free
AP | 02/06/09 | MUNIR AHMAD
Posted on 02/06/2009 3:23:24 PM PST by annalex
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2180059/posts


41 posted on 02/06/2009 3:39:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: nw_arizona_granny; All

Thanks for the ping and your cfr.org link. In it, is a PDF timeline of Khan’s history, activities. Very interesting.


42 posted on 02/06/2009 4:28:00 PM PST by PGalt
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To: acliffhang3r

I pray that he is dealt with quickly.

LLS


43 posted on 02/07/2009 4:10:38 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (hussein will NEVER be my president... NEVER!)
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