Show ' ' t ' ' TheHerakIJoumal Logan Utah Friday February 6 2004 — A9 Would I I ' PaMstaift ISLAMABAD Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s president pardoned the country’s top ' nuclear scientist Thursday for' leaking weapons technology to Iran Libya and North Korea — a move designed to ease domestic political pres- sums and head off a deeper inquiry into official involve- ment in years of nuclear pro-liferation Just two weeks after con- demning possible rogue ele- ments in Pakistan’s nuclear program as “enemies of the state” a defiant and unapolo-getic President Gen Pervez Musharraf forgave Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan after the dis- graced scientist took responsi- bility on national television for leaks that spanned at least a decade starting in the late 1980s' jpiresDdk&init Musharraf’s decision to back away from a public trial appeared weak to some inter- national observers suspicious of his and Kahn’s contention that the Pakistani government didn’t authorize or know about the proliferation But key allies like the Unit- ed States and Britain pointed- ly withheld criticism Thursday Analysts said Wash- ington was unlikely to seek tougher action against Khan for fear of putting the Pak- istani leader in a tight spot ' White House spokesman Scott McClellan sidestepped repeated questions about whether the Bush administra- tion wants Pakistan to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation ' - Treaty “President Musharraf pro-vided us assurances that the government of Pakistan was not involved in any kind of proliferation activity” McClellan said “The investigation by the government of Pakistan demonstrates their commit- ments to addressing the issue of proliferation and this pro-liferation is no longer The actions of Pakistan have bro-ken up this network and that’s important” Musharraf who seized power in 1999 is a key Wash- ington ally in its war ori ter-rorism and the hunt for fugitives particularly along Pakistan's bonier with Afghanistan “They do not want to embarrass him further and make his job more difficult” said Tklat Masood a Pakistani military and political analyst da AP photo A prayer at sunset Afghan men prey as they wait for their relatives returning from Hag at a mosque In Kabul Afghanistan on Thursday Tens of thousands of Afghans went on Hajj this year which was maned by a stampeding accident in which hundreds were killed Iraq rebels press attacks US captures more than 100 insurgents BAGHDAD Iraq (APJ — US and Iraqi forces captured more than 100 suspected guerrillas in raids across the country arresting one of Saddam Hussein’s intelligence chiefs and another Iraqi believed involved in a suicide bombing last month a US commander said Thursday The raids occurred as daily attacks on US forces are ' climbing after a recent lull Rebels lobbegLarthortar shell Thursday at a checkpoint near Baghdad International Airport killing one US soldier and wounding another the UJS command said The attack outside the airport which serves as a major American military toe ' brought to 529 the number of : APphoto Paul Bremer the top US administrator in Iraq receives flowers from a young Iraqi athlete during a meeting with members of the Iraqi Olympic Team in Baghdad on Thursday Bremer congratulated the team for being free of the former Saddam Hussein regime Americah troops killed since the Iraq war began March 20 American forces arc also tracking a shadowy militant group that claimed responsibility for Sunday’s back-to-- 1 back suicide bombings said US Army Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt The bombings which devastated gatherings at Kurdish political offices in the northern city of Irbil killed at least 109 people including senior Kurdish politicians who were strong US allies A statement from a group calling itself the Ansar Army said it targeted the “dens of the devils” because of the Kurds’ ties to the United States Kimmitt said the US mili na tary believes Ansar is a splinter group of Ansar which is believed to be linked to the terrorist network The claim could not be con- - claiming to have arranged them Most are chalked up to a na little-understo- od guerrilla firmedand the military said insurgency that bears no name “We are certainly going to follow up on the claims” said Kimmitt the command’s investigators from the military and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation had made no progress in finding those responsible for the catastrophic bombings But a Kurdish politician said its investigators were following clues picked up in the bombings7 aftermath The Ansar may be significant for other reasons however Few previous attacks on US forces and Iraqi civilians have been ' followed by claims bygroups deputy chief of staff for operations “That’s the only claim we have right now We aren't closer than we were 24 hours ago or 48 hours before either on the group responsi ble or on its motivation" Kimmitt said Ansar — which casts itself as protector of Iraq’s Sunni Muslims — also claimed responsi- -' bility for Saturday’s car bombing outside a police station in die northern city of Mosul that killed nine people na state-me- nt - 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