A pound or two to destroy a city or two..


	A pound or two to destroy a city or two..

Gul Agha

11-20-2007 5:22 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/68949124-5154-4a73-91c3-2ce576b86941/D8CD986E-00B2-4933-84D4-768B286EDFFE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.upiasiaonline.com/Security/2007/11/20/commentary_secure_pakistans_nuclear_weapons_first/7554/" href="http://www.upiasiaonline.com/Security/2007/11/20/commentary_secure_pakistans_nuclear_weapons_first/7554/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.upiasiaonline.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upiasiaonline.com/Security/2007/11/20/commentary_secure_pakistans_nuclear_weapons_first/7554/"><DIV>Like it or not, the nuclear technology clandestinely acquired by Pakistan under the very noses of the U.S. Reagan administration has become today's greatest security challenge.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upiasiaonline.com/Security/2007/11/20/commentary_secure_pakistans_nuclear_weapons_first/7554/"><DIV>    If any of its critical components, such as U-235 or plutonium, falls into al-Qaida's hands, the West will face the risk of suffering through a nuclear holocaust. Nations in the vicinity will also have to watch out for nuclear threats. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upiasiaonline.com/Security/2007/11/20/commentary_secure_pakistans_nuclear_weapons_first/7554/">    Nuclear weapons in Pakistan today are stored in multiple components. These locations, eight to ten in all, are in the vicinity of large military bases, </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upiasiaonline.com/Security/2007/11/20/commentary_secure_pakistans_nuclear_weapons_first/7554/"> In a pinch, any one of the base commanders could open doors of storage sites to al-Qaida.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upiasiaonline.com/Security/2007/11/20/commentary_secure_pakistans_nuclear_weapons_first/7554/">This possibility always existed, but chances of its happening now have multiplied exponentially.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upiasiaonline.com/Security/2007/11/20/commentary_secure_pakistans_nuclear_weapons_first/7554/">al-Qaida wants a pound or two of either highly enriched uranium or plutonium</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upiasiaonline.com/Security/2007/11/20/commentary_secure_pakistans_nuclear_weapons_first/7554/">could set off a crude radioactive bomb that would contaminate a large city for hundreds of years.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.upiasiaonline.com/Security/2007/11/20/commentary_secure_pakistans_nuclear_weapons_first/7554/">One or two such explosions would force the rest of the world to its knees.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D8CD986E-00B2-4933-84D4-768B286EDFFE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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