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To: FJB who wrote (331809)	11/2/2009 1:40:22 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 794197

it's the 2nd nuke guy who fell down that well, of course it was a murder

To: FJB who wrote (331809)	11/2/2009 3:16:26 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794197

Could Terrorists Attack Pakistan’s Nuclear Facilities? They Already Have On the subject of nuclear dangers: ...... “No one has been able to ascertain the validity of Pakistan’s assurances about their nuclear weapons security, writes the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) on its website. FAS is the organization founded in 1945 by the Manhattan Project scientists who developed the world’s first atomic bomb and then regretted it. If Pakistan’s nuclear bombs are safe because Pakistan says so, perhaps Hilary Clinton should add that to her pitch. In the meantime, the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point disagrees. In the July 2009 issue of CTC Sentinel, Professor Shaun Gregory writes that “the risk of the transfer of nuclear weapons, weapons components, or nuclear expertise to terrorists in Pakistan is genuine.” Even more alarming, Gregory confirms that Pakistan’s nuclear facilities have already been attacked at least three times by terrorists in the last two years. These attacks include: A November 2007 attack on Pakistan’s nuclear missile facility at Sargodha. A December 2007 attack on Pakistan’s nuclear airbase at Kamra. An August 2008 attack at the Wah cantonment, “widely understood to be one of Pakistan’s main nuclear weapons assembly sites.” Because Pakistan’s nuclear warheads can reach neighboring India, the Times of India reports extensively on Pakistan as a nuclear threat. In August the paper featured a news report and a television program on the West Point report. One of its reporters interviewed terrorism expert and CNN analyst Peter Bergen on the subject. “[Gregory] points out something that was news to me … which is that a series of attacks on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons facilities have already happened,” Bergen said. ....... Bruce Riedel, who has been a senior advisor to three U.S. presidents (including Obama) on Middle East and South Asian issues, sums up the reality of the nuclear threat. Pakistan has “has more terrorists per square mile than anyplace else on Earth, and it has a nuclear weapons program that is growing faster than anyplace else on Earth,” Riedel says. ..... pajamasmedia.com