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Germans, Swiss, Russians linked to Iran nukes German authorities have uncovered evidence linking several businessmen to the covert nuclear supplier network headed by Pakistani A.Q. Khan that provided goods to Iran's nuclear arms program. A report by Germany's Customs Crime Office in November stated that secret nuclear programs "could serve for constructing a nuclear weapon." The disclosures were reported on Germany's Munich ARD television Feb. 21. After the report was produced, chief federal prosecutor Kai Nehm cracked down on several people, including German engineer Gotthard Lerch, who was arrested in Switzerland. Lerch allegedly helped export centrifuges to Libya and Iran and is currently in custody awaiting extradition. A second man, Urs Tinner, was also identified as a key figure in the covert nuclear supplier network operated by a Swiss national through several companies. German press reports disclosed an internal government report on the Iranian procurement network for nuclear goods in Germany. It included semiconductor modules for nuclear arms obtained in Stuttgart and a loading crane for changing fuel elements obtained in Berlin. A Russian-controlled company in Berlin known as Vero Handels GmbH was also allegedly involved in the nuclear trade with Iran. Eight people involved in the illicit trade currently are under investigation, including several Russian nationals. Last July, authorities in Hanover raided a company after receiving a tip from two employees about a shipment of electric motors to South Korea. In reality, the motors were to be transshipped to an Iranian nuclear plant through several countries. The Germans have identified 10 Iranian organizations involved in nuclear procurement, including the Defense Industries Organization. The DIO has purchased an array of German goods since 1991, including special high-temperature ovens. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
