Former Chief says Pakistani scientist led Israel to Syrian nuclear sites??
Former Mossad chief claims: Abdul Qadeer Khan wanted to destroy israel who handed syria a nuclear bomb
Terming Abdul Qadeer Khan as the seed of calamity, Dr. Sofrin said that in the mid-2000s syria was close to becoming a nuclear power. Then the Israeli intelligence agency was close to the biggest mistake, which could endanger the existence of the country.
Dr. Anmon Sofrin, former head of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad, has claimed that Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear program, wanted to eradicate Israel's existence by giving a nuclear bomb to Syria. According to Sofrin, Khan also sold nuclear technology to Syria.
Terming Abdul Qadeer Khan as the seed of calamity, Dr. Sofrin said that in the mid-2000s syria was close to becoming a nuclear power. Then the Israeli intelligence agency was close to the biggest mistake, which could endanger the existence of the country. Speaking to Zaman israel, Sofrin, detailing the discovery of a Syrian nuclear reactor 15 years ago, said that Khan was ready to sell nuclear technology to anyone in the world.
Mossad had realized the intentions of syria to attack Israel. syria was soon to become a nuclear power. Israeli prime minister Olmert appealed to the US to attack, but President George W. Bush refused. This was followed by the bombing of Operation Out of the Box on september 6, 2007, destroying Syria's nuclear infrastructure.
Abdul Qadeer Khan died in 2021. He was infamous for selling nuclear technology to several countries, including North Korea. He was placed under house arrest in 2004. Abandoned in 2009.