Jihad Watch reported several days ago that two of these Muslims had been indicted. Now the number is up to five.

“The indictment of five men in the US for allegedly running an international network that purchased sensitive goods for Pakistan’s nuclear programme not only posed a threat to America’s national security interests but also to the delicate balance of power in the region, according to a senior US law enforcement official.”

It isn’t the first time Pakistan has been accused of illegally getting hold of foreign materials for its nuclear program.

As far back as the mid-70s, Pakistan was said to be “accumulating fuel for nuclear weapons, enriched uranium and plutonium” in its nuclear competition with India. Foreign collaboration was key. According to a report, “Forget North Korea: Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program Is Truly Terrifying“:

The country was particularly helped by one A. Q. Khan, a metallurgist working in the West who returned to his home country in 1975 with centrifuge designs and business contacts necessary to begin the enrichment process. Pakistan’s program was assisted by European countries and a clandestine equipment-acquisition program designed to do an end run on nonproliferation efforts. Outside countries eventually dropped out as the true purpose of the program became clear, but the clandestine effort continued.

Islamabad is playing the victim and accusing the U.S. of being oversuspicious, as Pakistan “has genuine socio-economic development needs involving utilisation of equipment, items and technologies, some of which might also be dual-use technologies.” The same excuse has been employed by Iran, as it continued to increase its nuclear enrichment under the pretext of other economic uses. Although Pakistan is no Iran, it is a state funder of jihad terror that knows well how to play a double game; it energetically works at exporting Islamic blasphemy laws, and cracks down mercilessly on its Christian population.

Although it is good news that the five men were charged, the bad news is that it is yet another indication among many of just how deeply infiltrated America and other Western countries have become by jihadi interests.

“US charges 5 over illegal exports for Pakistan’s nuclear programme; Islamabad says no information,” The Economic Times, January 17, 2020: