(London Times) Sarah Baxter- Investigators tracking the spread of nuclear technology through the clandestine sales network of the Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan believe that Syria might have acquired centrifuges that can purify uranium for use in nuclear bombs. Danielle Pletka, an expert on Middle Eastern nuclear proliferation at the American Enterprise Institute, said: "There's very wide suspicion that Syria was part of the A.Q. Khan network." Khan visited Syria in the late 1990s and is thought to have met Syrian officials secretly in Iran. Recent intelligence intercepts suggest that Syria not only might have acquired centrifuges, but might be operating them.
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