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WASHINGTON: The United States threatened Pakistan with
sanctions after discovering its proliferation activities in order to force
military leader Pervez Musharraf to act against his hero A Q Khan , it has
been revealed.
The Bush administration confronted Musharraf with evidence of Khan's reckless
activities last October, weeks before the IAEA got into the act. In a pincer
move, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Central command chief
John Abizaid traveled to Pakistan separately to present the evidence ,
Armitage tackling Musharraf and the political leadership, and Abizaid laying
down the line for the Pakistani military.
According to intelligence circles, the evidence was so overwhelming that the
Pakistani leadership lost its nerve, especially after they were told
Islamabad would be in the dock internationally and risked losing the $ 3
billion US aid package Washington had just cleared.
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Pak cracked under hard US proof
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-483777,curpg-1.cms
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