Sunday, November 6, 2011

Pakistan Denies News Reports That Their Nukes Are Transported In Insecure Vans

Pakistan Rejects Reports Of Nuclear Insecurity -- Express Tribune/Reuters

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday dismissed an article in a US magazine that called it an “ally from hell” for Washington and raised questions about the safety of its nuclear arsenal and commitment to fighting militancy.

A statement from Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs termed the cover story of The Atlantic’s December 2011 issue “pure fiction, baseless and motivated.”

“The surfacing of such campaigns is not something new. It is orchestrated by quarters that are inimical to Pakistan,” the statement said.

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My Comment: This is the same government that denied that Bin Laden was in their country. The sad fact is that the Pakistani government and their supporters are telling everyone to trust them and that the story of them transporting nukes in insecure vans is totally false. Sadly .... what they fail to realize is that in the eyes of the international community they lack credibility on issues that pertain to security (especially nuke security), and after the scandal of Dr AQ Khan selling nuke tech to rogue regimes like Gaddafi's (and Iran, and North Korea) .... zero credibility in my eyes.

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