| | BCCI founder Abedi was committed to the development of an [[Islam]]ic [[atomic bomb]], even donating 500 million rupees for the creation of [[Pakistan]]'s Gulam Ishaq Research Institute for [[nuclear]] development. | | BCCI founder Abedi was committed to the development of an [[Islam]]ic [[atomic bomb]], even donating 500 million rupees for the creation of [[Pakistan]]'s Gulam Ishaq Research Institute for [[nuclear]] development. |
| − | BCCI paid the lawyer for Dr. Abdul Qader Khan, head of Pakistan's nuclear program, who a Dutch court convicted in 1983 of stealing the blueprints for a [[uranium]] enrichment factory. Three Pakistanis indicted in [[Houston]] in 1984 had tried to buy nuclear triggers using BCCI gold. A Pakistani-born [[Canadian]], indicted in [[Philadelphia]] in 1987 for [[conspiracy]] to export restricted specialty steel and metal to enhance nuclear explosions, paid for the materials through BCCI [[Toronto]]. Two Americans together with Hong Kong businessman were [[indicted]] by the U.S. Attorney in [[Sacramento]], [[California]], on charges of illegal importations of $1 billion worth of oscilloscopes and computer equipment for Pakistan's nuclear program. . . . BCCI facilitated some of the shipments.<ref>Rachel Ehrenfeld, ''Evil Money'', Harper Collins, 1992</ref> | + | BCCI paid the lawyer for Dr. Abdul Qader Khan, head of Pakistan's nuclear program, who a Dutch court convicted in 1983 of stealing the blueprints for a [[uranium]] enrichment factory. Three Pakistanis indicted in [[Houston]] in 1984 had tried to buy nuclear triggers using BCCI gold. A Pakistani-born [[Canadian]], indicted in [[Philadelphia]] in 1987 for [[conspiracy]] to export restricted specialty steel and metal to enhance nuclear explosions, paid for the materials through BCCI [[Toronto]]. Two Americans together with Hong Kong businessman were [[indicted]] by the U.S. Attorney in [[Sacramento]], [[California]], on charges of illegal importations of $1 billion worth of oscilloscopes and computer equipment for Pakistan's nuclear program. BCCI facilitated some of the shipments.<ref>Rachel Ehrenfeld, ''Evil Money'', Harper Collins, 1992</ref> |
| | But while BCCI founder Abedi had intended BCCI to finance the development of a Pakistani nuclear bomb, this effort was compromised at the start by the presence of Kamal Adham, who through Credit and Commerce American Holdings (CCAH) was the controlling power behind First American. Adham was both a [[CIA]] and a [[Mossad]] asset. Adham attended CIA training school with the head of the Mossad. | | But while BCCI founder Abedi had intended BCCI to finance the development of a Pakistani nuclear bomb, this effort was compromised at the start by the presence of Kamal Adham, who through Credit and Commerce American Holdings (CCAH) was the controlling power behind First American. Adham was both a [[CIA]] and a [[Mossad]] asset. Adham attended CIA training school with the head of the Mossad. |