Guarding Pakistan’s Nukes

Amid the chaos, could radicals get ahold of the Bomb?

By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Nov 7, 2007 | Updated: 5:39  p.m. ET Nov 7, 2007

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  • Posted By: stdobiol @ 11/09/2007 10:39:36 AM

    Every muslim is a living atom bomb against others as orderd by allah in final book the quran recited by muhammed -unchanged- unchangable for ever ,The original copy written in golden words in paradise with the allmighy .sooner the world understands it and face it honestly better the world will be

    • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/09/2007 12:28:25 PM

      I agree stbbiol. You know what else is unchanged? Aristotle's and Plato's writings on scientific principles. We don't use those outdated writings in our textbooks today... Would let your children go to a school where academic principles were taught out of 1200-2000 year-old textbooks? I wouldn't. I don't understand why people insist on getting spiritual guidance from texts that old. It would be laughable, if it weren't so deadly.

      • Posted By: MWASEEMT6 @ 11/10/2007 7:02:35 PM

        Hey buddy if dont know anything about Muslims and ISLAM you better keep quite and stop saying atom bombs to Muslims because Islam mean Peace and Muslims are trying to make peace in the whole world not like you who are killing Muslims. Stupid (THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK) Kepp that in your mind forever. Thanks

        • Posted By: westisbest @ 11/14/2007 12:35:54 AM

          This is in reply to MWASEEMT6: Why do you think that you are a peaceful people, when you are not and the world knows about it. End of the story !!!!

          • Posted By: Houlbelat @ 03/05/2008 8:18:04 AM

            This discussion shows enough of the truth. See who is word-bombing who.

        • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/16/2007 8:32:08 PM

          MWASEEMT6 - "Islam" means submission to Allah - completely and totally. It has nothing to do with peace. No religion is peaceful. The sooner as the world realizes this and the sooner we all abandon these outdated religions created by barbarian cultures, the better off we will all be.

  • Posted By: westisbest @ 11/15/2007 7:34:14 PM

    USA should ask Pakistani General to handover international terrorist A.Q Khan to USA. I am sure he will than have to spill the beans of all the dirty deals he has done with the rouge countries and terrorists. Better now, than later !!!

  • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/08/2007 12:55:58 PM

    Soon Al-Qaeda will get their hands on nuclear material from their friends in Islamabad. Soon thereafter a dirty bomb will explode in a Western city. Soon thereafter it's game over for Pakistan. The entire nation will lay in ruin. All these discussions will be meaningless.

    • Posted By: hossiers @ 11/08/2007 7:25:50 PM

      Who is being na??ve here Shankardada2? You are stating all it takes is some highly enriched uranium or even some spent fuel and then make it into a conventional bomb to terrorize a city. You have to be kidding me if that was the case why not sell this stuff to Radical Kashmiri Separatist and see what happens in India? No that is not how Pakistan or its Atomic research works. The notion of pitting America against Pakistan is unthinkable because when it comes to the real enemy of Pakistan there is only one India. It was made very clear that if Pakistan is attacked by whoever India will be the ultimate blame. We all know who will lose in that confrontation. There is no way to turn back the hands of time so because there is no real way to take out 50-80 nuclear war heads independently controlled by Army???s Nuclear Division. The real threat is not to Washington but to New Dehli and individuals like yourself understand that very vividly. So don???t smear the subject like by giving in AQ Khan card. We all know the proxy was lost in Afghanistan to Taliban and India???s intelligence have still not recovered from it.

      • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/08/2007 9:20:12 PM

        What does this have to do with India? Why this paranoia about India? It's not healthy. Pakistanis have much better control over their infiltrators into Kashmir. The battle for Kashmir is over land. They are afraid of an Indian response. Al-Qaeda, on the other hand, is running wild and has no fear. That is my main fear. They are after twenty virgins and rivers of honey. Nothing will stand in their way.

        • Posted By: westisbest @ 11/15/2007 7:30:06 PM

          Shankar, you are right, the terrorists are running like hipnotised, brainwashed looneys who think that they can rule the world, in this 21st century. They are afraid cos they know that their time is up, so the fanatic mullahs are brainwashing them to beleive that their time has come, Yes their time has come for - extintion, and leaving this world a much better place to live. Musharraf and his cohorts in army and isi knows exactly where the Al-qaeda ppl are hiding. They just give out one or two of them to USA and collecta hefty booty for it. Kashmiri people have been fooled by pakis to make them feel that they will be cared for and loved if they join Pakistan, but look at what happened to the Earthquake victims who are still living in tents, where as pakistan has alloted 500 million dollars to build up they Army HQ in Islamabad. Its time that world starts asking Pakistan to give them account for the 9 billion dollars that were donated to it for relief to earthquake victims.

  • Posted By: mukulde @ 11/15/2007 10:00:16 AM

    If there is any country in the world which can not be trusted is PAKISTAN. India does not have a history of invading another country so why Pakistanis are afraid of India attacking their country? Kashmir joined India before independence and It will be on Indian Hands no matter what. USA has track record of backing the wrong horse always. India's concern is not Pakistance, it is China. China has helped Pakistan to develop nuclear delivery system because China does not want India to develop nuclear delivery System. India is not afraid of China. If USA does not help Pakistan, China will. Indian history has taught the world that Muslims can not be trusted. They killed their own fathers and brothers to keep their power. Look at Middle East , Shias do not trust Sunis and visa versa. What do you think Pakistan , being a militarily great country can not control Islamic millitants and Talibans in their border. USA should ignore Pakistan and go after the cowards hiding in the mountains of Afganistan. We understand civilians are in danger but it will good for the citizens of the world to be safe instead of the cowards in the Afganistan mountains getting hold of Pakistan nuclear weapons and use it against the world. Get rid of these cowards NOW or face a horrible future later.

  • Posted By: westisbest @ 11/14/2007 12:58:32 AM

    I find it very strange and sort of disgusting at how the people in Pakistan blame USA and Musharraf for everyhthing wrong happening in Pakistan. USA has been in the forefront helping Pakistan with humanitarian aid (during Earthquake), no other country has sent their troops to clear the Occupied kashmir during the eaarth quake and saved the poor Kashmiri people. USA has given billions of dollars in aid, to Pakistan, and helped it with scholarships and free education. What do the pakistanis do in return? They curse USA. USA is helping Pakistan to repel the terrorists who are now attacking Pakistani cities and people. The west is now worried that Pakistani Taleban will soon capture the nukes that Pakistan have. Even the nuke scientist under house arrest is sympathetic to the fanatics. What guarantee does the Pakistan gives about the safety of the nukes that they have?

  • Posted By: nukejet75 @ 11/09/2007 3:52:35 AM

    "Pakistan has has ZERO incidents, ZERO".Ya right ,as if there is accountability in pakistan.countries like US have accountability and nuclear incidents.Such events are made public and corrective action is taken to prevent such incidents.Procedure are revised.No one even knows who is in control of pakistan.in such chaos whos keeping note of incidents?half the country is run by fanatics to my latest information and the other half is run by a power loving dicdator.As far as israel is concerned ,the "small puney little country" is taking care of itself for the past 50-60 years against the much larger oil rich islamic nations surrounding it and it will continue to take care of it self and thats all it takes to defend the any population of arabs.so we are less worried about israel and more worried about syria and pakistan.

    • Posted By: westisbest @ 11/14/2007 12:46:19 AM

      You are very right nukejet75, its true that the world has become a lot unsafe cos of the fanatic intolerant wahabism followed by Pakistan. Their madrassas are overloaded with money from Saudi Sheikhs, who have become richer with the slush oil funds. Till the funding of the madrassas in Pakistan stops, it will be very difficult to check the violence that the world sees today, it is the ISI and the military which controls the madrassas and the brainwashed children studying there, become an easy tool to be used to further the extremism and hatred.The root cause of world's terrorism is indeed Pakistan and the quicker everybody understands that, the better and safer we all will be.

  • Posted By: True Pathfinder @ 11/08/2007 11:48:39 PM

    After reading this article carefully, I find it rather reassuring that the nuclear material and related arsenal in Pakistan is very well protected. US government is apparently happy about it. That is a high thing to achieve. Graham Allison seems to be making a living following the lost nukes. And if there are none, then he would turn to making some states look like about to losing them. This link has an interesting article about where the world was looking to with concerns regarding the dirty bombs. You can find Graham Allison's reference too. [http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007478]. The biggest concern regarding the lost nukes are lying on Russia. You can also read this report if you are more paranoid regarding the lost bombs and what to do about them. [http://www.nti.org/e_research/report_cnwmupdate2005.pdf]. If there are few still not quitting on Pakistan, then they are advised to read these two stories atleast. One: [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20031228/ai_n12585328];19 kg of plutonium missing from an atomic plant at Sellafield, UK and two: [http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070904/NEWS01/70904040] a B-52 bomber flew five nuclear bombs all over United States and no one knew about it until cleaners approached the plane to find it ' loaded '. I mean, there are horrible number of bombs and nerve wrecking amount of fissile material already missing. Besides, every body who is educated knows that terrorists cant neither blow a bomb nor make one with their extremely limited ability to handle radio active material. However it could be different if a state makes a ??? terrorist version ??? of bomb for marketing or anything else. The US military gave a prompt assurance that the bombs loaded on B-52 wouldnt go off in case of the crash of the plane because a free fall from thousands of feet above ground will not automatically trigger a nuclear bomb. It is extremely complex thing. The second thing is that most of the comments are about politics happening out of the jurisdiction of this article. I suggest that people take that else where if they need to talk about irrelevant things, though ofcourse I totally respect the freedom of speech.

    • Posted By: nukejet75 @ 11/09/2007 1:30:08 AM

      Its reassuring to a certain extent that the nuclear material in pakistan is in close scrutiny.Most of all the americans are direclty involved in protecting the materials.All the articals on the web gives a little reassurance ,becuase the material is not just under the protection of pakistani army,but is under the protection of america.Pakistan alone cannot be trusted with the material,looking the past track record of selling it to volitile states and strong presence of jittery militants suported by the ISI and the Army.Its the question of the materials getting stolen and falling into the worng hands,but the material gettin gift wraped and given to the terrorist with the instruction manual by the people who have developed and protected it.If someting gets stolen in the UK and or US ,they proactivly search and would prevent it going to the worng hands and i am sure they will,becuase they are the people is danger of getting targeted.How do you explain the dangers of radioactivity to a deteminied sucide bomber ,who belives in going back to heaven and chillin with X number of virgins.if a group can learn to execute missions like 9/11 involving learning and coordinate to fly planes to a target and do research on the structural inegrety of building and power of explosives,i am sure they will learn the crux of handling and using radioactive material for the piece of heaven they long for.So comparing states like UK and europe to pakistan is far fetched.i am not saying that they are perfect ,but i am sure thing will not go beyond a certain point before its arrested..so all this not a paranoia ,but definite risk knowing the political and militrary history of pakistan.

      • Posted By: True Pathfinder @ 11/11/2007 4:23:14 AM

        >>> nukejet75 ... It is so obvious that we have a candid prejudice against Pakistan. The issue of ' nukes about to be lost ' is only to create a needless paranoid. If you go through the chain of comments, you will see very very few people getting the right impression. Most of the comments are maintained on ' generally speaking ' basis. I must correct the assumption here that US government is protecting the nuclear istallations. It is getting more and more obvious that the US government is trying to make use of this situation in Pakistan as an excuse to reach the atomic program in Pakistan to places where they were not given access in the past. It is getting very clear. I saw a similar article today in Washington Post. So, there is an obvoius chain of articles. The later aritcle clearly shows the intention of US government to gain access to the points and places where they couldnt conspire to in the past. It is as simple as that. Scondly, I suggest please do a little research about lost and missing nukes in the world. You will be shocked to your deepest nerve in your body that there is mostly no record of the recovery of the lost material. There are enough lost nukes to blow many cities off the earth. The question is that why couldnt all that material be so far not used ? It could be because even the lost nukes are not easy to be blown. Let us all converge to agree and find solutions rather go hopping around with our prejudices on.

  • Posted By: MWASEEMT6 @ 11/10/2007 6:54:30 PM

    This artilce is totally wrong. I strongly disagree with this article because its not true.

  • Posted By: True Pathfinder @ 11/09/2007 6:55:52 PM

    After reading this article carefully, I find it rather reassuring that the nuclear material and related arsenal in Pakistan is very well protected. US government is apparently happy about it. That is a high thing to achieve. Graham Allison seems to be making a living following the lost nukes. And if there are none, then he would turn to making some states look like about to losing them. This link has an interesting article about where the world was looking to with concerns regarding the dirty bombs. You can find Graham Allison's reference too. [http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007478]. The biggest concern regarding the lost nukes are lying on Russia. You can also read this report if you are more paranoid regarding the lost bombs and what to do about them. [http://www.nti.org/e_research/report_cnwmupdate2005.pdf]. If there are few still not quitting on Pakistan, then they are advised to read these two stories atleast. One: [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20031228/ai_n12585328];19 kg of plutonium missing from an atomic plant at Sellafield, UK and two: [http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070904/NEWS01/70904040] a B-52 bomber flew five nuclear bombs all over United States and no one knew about it until cleaners approached the plane to find it ' loaded '. I mean, there are horrible number of bombs and nerve wrecking amount of fissile material already missing. Besides, every body who is educated knows that terrorists cant neither blow a bomb nor make one with their extremely limited ability to handle radio active material. However it could be different if a state makes a ??? terrorist version ??? of bomb for marketing or anything else. The US military gave a prompt assurance that the bombs loaded on B-52 wouldnt go off in case of the crash of the plane because a free fall from thousands of feet above ground will not automatically trigger a nuclear bomb. It is extremely complex thing. I am rather more scared of losing few nuclear bombs in US, UK and Russia rather than in Pakistan. Wont you dare to agree ?

  • Posted By: jimnews @ 11/08/2007 7:47:30 PM

    Not if Rudy's President! Right Rudy? You and Bush together could have stopped 9/11 or at least prevented so many deaths, unlike those weak democrats!! But hey, wait a minute! Weren't you and Bush in office when 9/11 happened??? You're something else!!

    • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/08/2007 9:15:22 PM

      The road to 9/11 runs through 8 years of a Clinton presidency that saw Madeline Albright clanging champagne glasses with Kim Il Jong, Bombings of two U.S. naval vessels, and the first attack on the World Trade Center. But oh yeah, it's Bush's fault because he was the goose in your game of duck-duck-goose.

      • Posted By: jimnews @ 11/08/2007 9:55:24 PM

        Well, if we use your reasoning, then the path to the first attack on the WTC runs through 4 years of Bush I and Reagan (who pulled out of Lebanon when the marines were bombed). Albright and Jong? What is your point? And to use your words, Bush is a goose!

        • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/09/2007 11:43:04 AM

          The point of Albright and Jong is that it illustrates how innefective and ridiculous Clinton's foreign policy was. Democrats criticize Bush for coddling Musharraf (which I agree, is a bad thing to do), but there was the U.S. Secretary of State watching a dance routine and having champagne with the worst and most evil dictator on the face of the Earth. And what did we get for it? A North Korean Nuke. Clinton was asleep at the wheel for 8 whole years.

          • Posted By: angelus1967 @ 11/09/2007 3:40:45 PM

            And still, using your reasoning, reagan and Bush I are the reason we ended up with Al Quida in the postion they were in. The CIA trained and armed them thinking that the Soviets were the bad guys and wanting to win another Cold War battle in Afghanistan. Then when the Soviets gave up and pulled out we abandoned the region to the Taliban. SOmehow I don't think Clinton adn his Secretary of State played a big role in all of that!

          • Posted By: jimnews @ 11/09/2007 1:23:14 PM

            Ok. The first WTC bombing occurred in 1993. So far, your arguments are based on time proximity. You can't blame the first bombing on Clinton if you don't blame W for 9/11. Korean nuke? As I recall, their program began causing concern in late '06. You blame Clinton after 6 years into W's term(s)? How far will you go to cover for W and his band of merrymen?

  • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/09/2007 2:35:47 PM

    Jimnews - let's put it this way - Clinton presided over the bombing of the first WTC. So he had 8 years to fix the problem. What did we get? 2 more bombings of US ships, and unimpeded planning of the 2nd, successful WTC attack. The crisis over North Korean nukes began in the Clinton administration. Clinton responded by sending Madeline Albright to play footsie with Lil' Kim. See where that got us? Everyone knows that international crises are years in the making, but what did Clinton do to stop it? He may have preserved "American Prestige" abroad, but what did that get us? 3000 deaths on 9/11. A little more proactiveness then would have saved us a lot of trouble now. Bush is far from perfect and originally botched Iraq, but how many terrorist acts have been commited on U.S. soil since 9/11 on his watch? It's not as if the terrorists aren't trying. The Bush administration is the first that has made attempts, albeit clumsy ones, to deal with the root causes of terrorism in a complete fashion.

  • Posted By: mkf1 @ 11/09/2007 12:57:27 AM

    Hilarious, we have an incident in the United States, where the USAF merrily wanders off and loads nukes on a B-52 and flies them over the heads of American citizens, as a result of which many USAF officers are fired. We have another nuke that was uncermoniously dumped in the river some years ago. Then we have Five Mile island. I think the clumsy idiots who handle nukes in the United States should keep their own counsel. Pakistan has has ZERO incidents, ZERO. The United States nukes are in more danger from clowns than the Pakistani nukes are in any danger from radicals. While were on this topic, it is more likely that when arabs take over Israel, due to their population growth rate, that Israeli nukes are going to end up in the hands of Hamas. You want to be worried about nukes? worry about that very possible outcome.

    • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/09/2007 11:52:43 AM

      The out-of-control Arab birth rate is the main reason that Israel is now entertaining the notion of giving half of Jereusalem to a future Palestinian state. Not to worry, a peace deal between Israel and Palestine will probably include land exchanges whose purpose is to keep a Jewish majority for the forseeable future. This will probably include holding on to some Jewish settlements in Palestine. As far as US control of its nukes goes, it is incomparable to the proliferation of Pakistan. Pakistan offered to sell a nuke outright to the Libyans and gave North Korea technology to make one. You folks like to talk about Americans supporting dictators??? How about Pakistan handing nukes to the two most vile leaders on the face of the Earth?

  • Posted By: khattak @ 11/09/2007 8:07:10 AM

    I dont think that pakistan Nukes would any day fall to Alqaeda or Taliban. if by a chance they get they ill use it like the Americans used the' "Fat man" and Little boy" over Japan. Taliban would use it here so westerners shall not fear.

  • Posted By: William.Demuth @ 11/08/2007 9:52:12 AM

    Oh how I mourn the slow demise of my once great country, and I lay the blame on ALL the previous administrations who sat by idly while these third world buffoons have picked the locks of the gates of hell itself.

    We will have to use force to secure these weapons sooner or later, I believe it should be now. Use our influence over Mushareff as a wedge to find their locations, and our allegiance with Bhutto to justify the seizure.

    • Posted By: karaswart @ 11/09/2007 7:57:04 AM

      Buy them. They are always ready to do a deal.

  • Posted By: jimnews @ 11/08/2007 10:08:00 PM

    Fox News Exclusive: Cheney hunts and kills his own thanksgiving turkey! Small print: He shot the bird at a petting zoo!

  • Posted By: True Pathfinder @ 11/08/2007 8:45:46 PM

    >>> Maddy47 : I am so impressed that there are people like her [ or him ] outside Pakistan who are truly understanding of the issues and problems jittering that nation currently. The situation has got very complex thanks to American interference in about everything that exists in Pakistan. I think it is about time that American policy makers come to realize that taking ' entire control ' brings a huge responsibility of an entire nation and ultimately embarrassment of all kinds. The power puts blinds on minds to realize where to stop. Why dont America deal with Pakistan government in partnership instead of different players like on a chess board ? The only thing that is growing fast in Pakistan is resentment for United States. Where would the war against terror end ? What President Musharraf looking desperately for is an exit strategy that can take him to a certain part of world in safety out of spot light where he can lay back and enjoy the millions he has made as a general. On this thought, I really wish if some body from US or America find out his real assets. I am sure he had more than satisfying share of all the aid he got over the years or else he wouldnt stick to the hot bed of illegitimate presidency in Pakistan and be seen as a mass murderer and a conspirator.

  • Posted By: True Pathfinder @ 11/08/2007 8:42:03 PM

    >>> Maddy47 : I am so impressed that there are people like her [ or him ] outside Pakistan who are truly understanding of the issues and problems jittering that nation currently. The situation has got very complex thanks to American interference in about everything that exists in Pakistan. I think it is about time that American policy makers come to realize that taking ' entire control ' brings a huge responsibility of an entire nation and ultimately embarrassment of all kinds. The power puts blinds on minds to realize where to stop. Why dont America deal with Pakistan government in partnership instead of different players like on a chess board ? The only thing that is growing fast in Pakistan is resentment for United States. Where would the war against terror end ? What President Musharraf looking desperately for is an exit strategy that can take him to a certain part of world in safety out of spot light where he can lay back and enjoy the millions he has made as a general. On this thought, I really wish if some body from US or America find out his real assets. I am sure he had more than satisfying share of all the aid he got over the years or else he wouldnt stick to the hot bed of illegitimate presidency in Pakistan and be seen as a mass murderer and a conspirator.

  • Posted By: Shahid79 @ 11/08/2007 3:02:42 AM

    Are people going nuts in the US? What is wrong with you people? Are nuclear weapons toys being carried around on donkey carts, so that a bearded teacher from a mosque (who, incidentally, would be found to have some link with Al-Qaeda) could shoulder launch this weapon to wherver he wants? For the sake of commonsense and normality, get your thinking right. For manufacturing, assembling and launching nuclear weapons, there has to be a whole, organized infrastructure and financial means to carry out such an activity. Moreover, the skills required for such operations are extremely technical, beyond the reach of people hiding in populace or in caves. Warren Buffet can finance such a program, but Osama? No way!
    I spent 5 years in the US as a student. What i really liked about the people was that they were genial, friendly and hardworking. My one complain, though, has always been their lack of interest in what their government does with their tax money, and that they can easily fall victim to misinformation of such media outlets as Fox. Remeber those famed Iraqi nuclear weapons, that 'yellowcake powder' stuff? The American nation was duped into believing that they are under threat, and unfortunately, americans fell for that clumsy trick. After four years and the loss of america's 2000 yound men, what have they found? Not even a trace of chemical fart, let alone nuclear weapons.
    It is my sincere request, as a Pakistani, to the American populace and the media to take hold of some common sense and not act like oxymorons. Yes, we are passing through troubled times and we'd like to get rid of this guy who's been in our stead for 8 years, causing all sorts of trouble. But we are not gun totting, rabble rousing, Al-Qaeda supporting fanatics. In fact, we are far from that, and are moderate in our outlooks. Again, look at what your government has done? They have supported this tyrant for 8 years with $10 billion of American taxpayers's money. Did anybody in America ask where did all this money go? If Pakistanis don't know, neither do our American friends. Hold your government accountable, an let's hope for the best and a safer world.

    • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 11/08/2007 2:04:00 PM

      Shahid79, you are being naive. All it takes is for some AQ Khan type to sell some highly enriched uranium or even spent fuel to some of his Al-Qaeda friends. Then they can make a radioactive conventional bomb and set it off in New York. If you want to see Americans going nuts, then you will get your opportunity. New York would be radioactive for decades. Every American youth will sign up for the army. Pakistan will then see true wrath of America. If you think the Iraq invasion was bad news for Iraqis, then wait to see what happens when America fights dirty. Pakistan will be burned to a crisp, women, children and all. God help us all if it comes to that.

      • Posted By: hossiers @ 11/08/2007 7:24:52 PM

        Who is being na??ve here Shankardada2? You are stating all it takes is some highly enriched uranium or even some spent fuel and then make it into a conventional bomb to terrorize a city. You have to be kidding me if that was the case why not sell this stuff to Radical Kashmiri Separatist and see what happens in India? No that is not how Pakistan or its Atomic research works. The notion of pitting America against Pakistan is unthinkable because when it comes to the real enemy of Pakistan there is only one India. It was made very clear that if Pakistan is attacked by whoever India will be the ultimate blame. We all know who will lose in that confrontation. There is no way to turn back the hands of time so because there is no real way to take out 50-80 nuclear war heads independently controlled by Army???s Nuclear Division. The real threat is not to Washington but to New Dehli and individuals like yourself understand that very vividly. So don???t smear the subject like by giving in AQ Khan card. We all know the proxy was lost in Afghanistan to Taliban and India???s intelligence have still not recovered from it.

  • Posted By: Maddy47 @ 11/08/2007 5:06:37 PM

    I am just overwhelmed by the level of hatred in so many of the earlier responses. Every human in the world has the same right to life as an American, British or any other First world citizen. The prblem lies in the hateful and selfish motives of the west in backing Mussharaf. US needs to support the liberal moderates in Pakistan who are in jails right now. Pakistan's conscience and sanity is behind bars and the worst part is that the west wants it there? Mussharraf is extremist of one kind and extremism of one kind perpetuates extremism of the other. I want the world to know that the only way to fight terrorism is to fight it inside out. If Pakistan is allowed to be free under liberal moderate I am sure that we can get rid of fanatics of all kinds. There are millions of people in Pakistan who love peace and want to enjoy their basic humans rights. Let them live. Massharraf is only killing the conscience of a nation...getting rid of supreme court to justify his existence? how can the people of US let their government do that? injustice only reaps injustice...

  • Posted By: nukejet75 @ 11/08/2007 2:26:13 PM

    its only a matter of time before fantics in pakistan get hold of nuclear material and plan a ingenious method (like the 9/11 attacks) of using it in a dirty bomb.Nobody is expecting them to build a complete nuclear weapon and delivery system and launch attacks.but i am sure they are planning a dirty bomb attack on western forces.Pakistani scientist (A.Q. Khan)
    themselves stole the technology from the west and even sold it in the black market.if such high ranking official is involved in stealing and pedlling the technology,whats the Guarantee that these generals and so called "Guardians of nuclear command" Compromising the technology to the terrorist in such volitile political sitiuations.The pakistani army cannot even keep parts like swat and others areas like NWFP under its control,wats the Guarantee they can keep nuclear material safe.i am sure and i hope that the CIA and the NSA is keeping a very close watch on this and ready to strike and take control of the pakistani nuclear commad.if not, we would be dealing with something bigger than 9/11 and a disappearance of a country from the world.so god help us all.

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