U.S. Sanctions Firms Of Khan Nuke Network

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has imposed sanctions on companies
and agents of Pakistan's black market nuclear network.
Officials said companies and individuals deemed as having sold nuclear
technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea have been targeted. They said 13
people and three private companies directed by Pakistani nuclear scientist
Abdul Qadir Khan would be sanctioned.
"With the assistance of Khan's network, countries could leapfrog the
slow, incremental stages of other nuclear weapons development programs," the
State Department said. "The network's actions have irrevocably changed the
proliferation landscape and have had lasting implications for international
security."