But the United States does not know where all of Pakistan’s nuclear sites are located, and its concerns have intensified in the last two weeks since the Taliban entered Buner, a district 60 miles from the capital. The spread of the insurgency has left American officials less willing to accept blanket assurances from Pakistan that the weapons are safe. Full Story »
Posted by Peter L. Combs
A quality story of the dangers of Pakistan's nukes. While not saying the nukes were in imminent danger, it did come close.
This is a serious situation that I think deserves as much consideration as any foreign policy being decided. All we heard from the Bush admin., was a nuke suitcase, and torturing people to see if it was in the horizon. Here we are talking about a whole countries nuclear weapons in danger of being taken over by radicals. A little more important I would say.
The writer does a good job illustrating the growing concerns over Pakistan's assurances regarding the security of their Nuclear Arsenal and why the White House is worried. THe Arsenal is dispersed and the US wants to know where just in case things fall apart.
Hillary needs to be very aggressive in convincing the Pakistanis to work with the west. A very big mess perhaps in the making.
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