http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/12/top7.htm 'US develops plan for Pakistan N-weapons'
By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov 11: The United States has developed contingency plans to safeguard Pakistani nuclear assets if the current political turmoil allows extremists to get hold of the weapons, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. The report, however, also points out that US officials have limited knowledge about the location of the arsenal, which could pose a problem. US officials, when contacted by Dawn, said they did not comment on media reports based on intelligence sources. "We can't say with absolute certainty that we know where they all are," the newspaper quotes an unnamed former US official as saying. If an attempt were made by the United States to seize the weapons to prevent their loss, "it could be very messy," the official said. He would not discuss details of the plans, but several former officials told the Post the plans envisioned efforts to remove a nuclear weapon at imminent risk of falling into terrorists' hands. The plans imagine, in the best case, that Pakistani military officials will help the Americans eliminate that threat, according to the report. Former and current administration officials, however, say they believe that Pakistan's stockpile is safe, the paper said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
