now you know why some people dont like using the internet for stock trades ;-)
taking a break during Pacers half time....what a difference in this game....
I think Jalen Rose makes a difference..
I hope they take it to game 7 before the Bulls go to the inevitable match up...
just what I wanted to read...more threats of war breaking out...(well except that is good for my puts ;-)))
+thomas becker (12381 )
From: +Alex
Friday, May 29 1998 10:07PM ET
Reply # of 12382
Threat of nuclear war in S. Asia...................
nation.com.pk
May 30, 1998
Pakistan sees threat of nuclear war in S. Asia
By Our Monitoring Desk
Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan has said that more nuclear tests may be needed as
Pakistan begins the process of introducing nuclear weapons into its armed forces.
In an interview with VOA on Friday, Gohar Ayub said "we have a nuclear programme
and whenever there is to be any induction into the armed forces, nuclear tests are
required."
He said Pakistan has nuclear weapons and it is up to the government to decide whether
to build more. Gohar Ayub indicated that Pakistan's intermediate range Ghauri missile
will be armed with nuclear warheads.
The Foreign Minister said there was now a possibility of nuclear war in South Asian
region since India and Pakistan are armed with weapons of mass destruction.
Gohar Ayub said the nuclear arms race was now well under way in South Asia. "I think
the arms race is already on. Unfortunately, we have been forced into it by India," he
added.
He said economic sanctions by US and other countries have forced Pakistan to seek
military aid from nations like China. "Embargoes will strengthen us more, he maintained.
"These are not very productive methods. They might sound very alarming. Other nations
who faced them came out more stronger and more powerful as a united country," he
observed.
Gohar Ayub said Pakistan's five nuclear tests have restored the strategic and military
balance in the region.
APP adds: Meanwhile, talking to CNN, the Foreign Minister said that Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif had made no mention of ending nuclear tests by Pakistan.
To a question about possibility of putting warheads on the missiles by Pakistan, the
Foreign Minister said, "there is no problem of putting warheads."
Talking about the decision of carrying out nuclear tests by Pakistan, he said, the decision
was taken by the government after having national consensus on the issue.
He said, "the unanimous resolution was adopted in Senate following Indian tests, there
has been debate in Press and media and we contacted all the leadership."
"Had the Pakistan Government not tested on Thursday, I think, the people would have
been on streets demanding and forcing the government for nuclear tests and match
India", Gohar Ayub Khan viewed.
Asked as to what were the reasons behind declaring of emergency in Pakistan by the
President, he said, "it's basically under Article 232 of the Constitution which is an
emergency and extends to the provinces.
He said, it's for financial reasons and also for law and order, adding, but on early
Thursday morning we had credible information from our source in India and also five
days earlier I had received information that there are sudden aircraft on Indian air-bases
which would strike on nuclear installations.
He further revealed, "on Thursday after midnight our source from India gave an
information that those aircraft are being mounted with long range missiles and the attack
would be launched against Pakistan's installations."
"So we took the preventive measures and we had already anticipated this to strike at
targets from where such attack would be launched and which could have been
devastated", the Foreign Minister concluded. |
