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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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 Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:05 pm Post subject: Jihadis thrice attacked Pakistan nuclear sites |
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Revealed-Jihadis-thrice-attacked-Pakistan-nuclear-sites/articleshow/4879235.cms
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WASHINGTON: Pakistan�s nuclear facilities have already been attacked at least thrice by its home-grown extremists and terrorists in little
reported incidents over the last two years, even as the world remains divided over the safety of the nuclear weapons in the troubled country, according to western analysts.
The incidents, tracked by Shaun Gregory, a professor at Bradford University in UK, include an attack on the nuclear missile storage facility at Sargodha on November 1, 2007; an attack on a nuclear airbase at Kamra by a suicide bomber on December 10, 2007; and perhaps most significantly, the August 20, 2008 attack when Taliban suicide bombers blew up several entry points to one of the armament complexes at the Wah cantonment, considered one of Pakistan�s main nuclear weapons assembly.
These attacks have occurred even as Pakistan has taken steps to secure its nuclear arsenal against potential attacks, particularly by the US and India, says Gregory.
In fact, the attacks have received so little attention that Peter Bergen, the eminent terrorism expert who reviewed Gregory�s paper, first published in West Point�s Counter Terrorism Center Sentinel, said �he (Gregory) points out something that was news to me (and shouldn�t have been) which is that a series of attacks on Pakistan�s nuclear weapons facilities have already happened.�
Pakistan insists that its nuclear weapons are fully secured and there is no chance of them falling into the hands of terrorists. But Gregory, while detailing the steps Islamabad has taken to protect them against Indian and US attacks, asks if the geographical location of Pakistan�s principal nuclear weapons infrastructure, which is mainly in areas dominated by al-Qaida and Taliban, makes it more vulnerable to internal attacks.
Gregory points out that when Pakistan was developing its nuclear weapons infrastructure in the 1970s and 1980s, its principal concern was the risk that India would overrun its nuclear weapons facilities in an armored offensive if the facilities were placed close to the Pakistan-India border. As a result, Pakistan, with a few exceptions, chose to locate much of its nuclear weapons infrastructure to the north and west of the country and to the region around Islamabad and Rawalpindi. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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As tolerant and pacifist as I am, the time has come to take these wacko mofos out. It is no longer an issue of pacifism but of self-defense.
Of course, an even better solution would have been to not have nukes in the first place, but it is too late for that now.
Take care of this emergency first; disarm later. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| bacasper wrote: |
Of course, an even better solution would have been to not have Islam in the first place, but it is too late for that now.
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Pakistanis are worried
The good news is:
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| In 2008, 33 percent of Pakistanis held a negative view of the Taliban and 34 percent held a negative view of al Qaeda. Now, 70 percent and 61 percent dislike those groups, respectively. |
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A whopping 69 percent of Pakistanis are worried that extremists will take control of the country, Pew reports in a new survey. |
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Safron
Joined: 05 Feb 2007
Location: portland, or
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:59 am Post subject: |
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Hey, I know let's not stop Iran from developing nuke's too!  |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| Hey, I know let's not stop Iran from developing nuke's too! |
Honestly, I think Pakistan has more uneducated, religious nut jobs than Iran does. Al-Qaeda also has a presence in Pakistan, although I suppose Iran does provide support to Hamas and Hizzballah.
Not that I want Iran to have nukes, but I think the risks are greater in Pakistan. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| Safron wrote: |
| Hey, I know let's not stop Iran from developing nuke's too! |
Honestly, I think Pakistan has more uneducated, religious nut jobs than Iran does. Al-Qaeda also has a presence in Pakistan, although I suppose Iran does provide support to Hamas and Hizzballah.
Not that I want Iran to have nukes, but I think the risks are greater in Pakistan. |
This may true. The general disposition of the society in Pakistan is likely a great deal more crazy than in Iran. But for the time being, the Iranian government (who will actually control a nuke) is completely bonkers. |
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