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Malaysia Helps U.S., Britain Probe Libya Nuclear Link

Malaysian police are working with U.S. and British intelligence services on an investigation into the supply of parts crucial to Libya’s secret nuclear weapons program, a government official said on Thursday. Centrifuge parts from Malaysia were found aboard a cargo ship bound for Libya last October, he said. Centrifuges are used for enriching uranium for nuclear reactors or fissile material for bombs. “I believe the police are investigating, and they are working with the CIA and MI6,” said the Malaysian official, referring to U.S. and British intelligence agencies. Other countries would inevitably be implicated as the story unfolded, the official told Reuters. Full Story