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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (648)	11/26/2001 6:11:00 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 32591

Steve dream on

To: Scoobah who wrote (648)	11/27/2001 9:09:55 AM
From: Cage Rattler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Hope you are right; but, I have my doubts.

To: Scoobah who wrote (648)	11/28/2001 10:42:47 AM
From: Cage Rattler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Pakistani nukes. from Janes << 27 November 2001 The mother of all nightmares The reports that Osama bin Laden is in the market for a nuclear weapon surprise no one, but this desire has refocused attention on Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal — currently the only known Islamic atomic bomb. Clearly the quickest way for the world’s most wanted man to obtain the ultimate deterrent would be to get a ready- made weapon from just across the border, so how safe is Pakistan’s arsenal and how secure is the man with his finger on the button? No ordinary coup d’état The obvious fear for the USA and India is what happens to these weapons if General Musharraf is toppled by hardline military forces. This is not a new concern and it came as no surprise when an Indian political official gave FOREIGN REPORT assurances that plans were already in place to deal with such a scenario. By one account, well-trained US special forces and the Israeli ‘Sayeret Matkal’ unit, responsible for the Entebbe raid, have been training together for a lightning raid designed to disarm the Pakistani deterrent. Indian special forces have also rehearsed such an operation. It would be surprising if Tony Blair had not also volunteered British SAS forces. Of course, a complex system of decoy warheads and secure storage makes such an operation a one-chance-only job. This makes it imperative that Musharraf maintains his position and he may need to rely on his new friends to achieve security of tenure.>>