(Jerusalem Post) The U.S. believes Syria acquired centrifuges for the enrichment of uranium through the network of Pakistani nuclear chief A.K. Khan, Middle East Newsline reported Thursday. According to the report, the U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Syria received smuggled Pakistani P1 nuclear centrifuges in 2001 through Firas Tlas, the son of Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlas.
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