Abdul Qadeer Khan
Info from Wikipedia on 19 July 2008 as PDF.
Was born to a Muslim family in Bhopal, India on 27 April 1936. ("The Nuclear Jihadist: Page 4)[NOTE: As of 19 Jul 2008 Wikipedia gives his DOB as 01 April 1936. Not sure who is correct]
His father's name was Abdul Ghafoor Khan and his mother was called Zulekha. ("The Nuclear Jihadist: page 4)
Graduated from high school in 1952.
("The
Nuclear Jihadist: page 5)
Graduated from college in 1957 ("The
Nuclear Jihadist: page 7)
He got a govt. grant for study at Dusseldorf, Germany in 1961. ("The Nuclear Jihadist: page 7)
Visited the Netherlands in 1962 where he met Henny Reterink who later became his wife. ("The Nuclear Jihadist: page 12)
He became engaged to Henny in 1963. ("The Nuclear Jihadist: page 13)
He started working at the Dutch Physics Dynamic Research Laboratory on 01 May 1972. He worked there for about 3 years. ("The Nuclear Jihadist: page 1)
He met with two nuclear scientists from Pakistan in June of 1974.("The Nuclear Jihadist: page 30)
He again wrote to Z. Bhuto on 17 Sep 1974 and offered his services as a metallurgist and one who could enrich uranium. ("The Nuclear Jihadist: page 30)
In October 1974 he gained access to the files stored in the 'brain box' with very little background chack. ("The Nuclear Jihadist: page 34)
In mid December 1974 he flew to Pakistan with his wife and children, where he met with Z. Bhuto. ("The Nuclear Jihadist: page 36)
In Jan 1975 he returned to Amsterdam to continue working, and now also as a spy for Pakistan. ("The Nuclear Jihadist: page 38)
During the spring of 1975 he offered to take his friend Fritz Veerman to Pakistan for a visit. ("The Nuclear Jihadist: page 38)
He seems to have been a scientist who stole, developed, and sold nuclear weapon secrets to anyone with cash. He was arrested by the government of Pakistan in late 2003.("The Nuclear Jihadist: page x)