"Pakistan’s weapons themselves are considered less of a concern — thanks in part to a secret program initiated by the Bush administration, with Mr. Musharraf’s consent, to help train Pakistani security forces to keep the weapons safe."
And CUI BONO?
"For US, doubts rise, allies fall in Pakistan" by Jane Perlez, New York Times News Service | August 19, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Bush administration officials will now have to find allies within the fractious civilian government at a time when suspicions between the US and Pakistani intelligence agencies and their militaries are deepening. Relations between the two countries are at their lowest ebb since Musharraf pledged to ally Pakistan with the United States after the 9/11 attacks.
Among the greatest concerns, senior US officials say, is the durability of new controls over Pakistan's nuclear program.
This is SUCH CRAP (keep reading)!!!!
This is just the EXCUSE the U.S. is going to use to INVADE PAKISTAN!!
Another central concern is the war in Afghanistan, which has been fueled by Taliban and Al Qaeda militants who have used Pakistan as a rear base to launch increasingly lethal and sophisticated attacks across the border.
After years in which Musharraf proved to be incapable of reining in militants, US officials say they are now more skeptical than ever that they can count on cooperation from Pakistan's military leaders, including even General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, a former head of Pakistan's spy agency who replaced Musharraf as military chief in November.
In a harsh assessment, a US officer who dealt with the Pakistani army here for several years said in an interview in July that it was a "worthless institution" with "a few" outstanding individuals.
This is just the sort of propaganda the blogs have been screaming about for weeks -- and look who is bringing it to you!
The increasing US mistrust of the Pakistani military, which has depended heavily on US financial support, has been heightened by Kayani's reluctance to move more of the army's focus from the border with India to the tribal areas.
The coalition government had "no comprehension" of the insurgency, said a former interior minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, whose parliamentary constituency adjoins the tribal areas.
"They have one policy for domestic consumption: 'Have peace, don't use the army,' " he said. "Then for the foreigners they say: 'We will fight.' "I LIKE THAT!!
Because ALL THOSE PEOPLE -- no matter what you think of their culture -- are INNOCENT!!!
9/11 an INSIDE JOB, BLACK-BAG-OP by the CIA, MI6 and Mossad!!!
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Let's add just a bit more to the Globe's Times pick-up:
The campaign against the militants is unpopular here in Pakistan because it is seen as an American conflict foisted on the country. Washington would like the new government to explain to the public that the effort to quell the Taliban is in Pakistan’s interests as well.
Uncertainty over who is actually in charge in Pakistan has heightened concerns over the country’s nuclear arsenal, which is today variously estimated at 50 to 100 weapons.
While American officials say publicly that they are confident it is secure, in private they have long harbored worries about what would happen when Mr. Musharraf no longer stood atop the country’s nuclear command structure, which has always been a creation of Mr. Musharraf himself. How robust it will prove without him, they say, is a worrisome unknown.
Perhaps the greatest concern is what one senior Bush administration official recently termed “steadfast efforts” by the extremist groups to infiltrate Pakistan’s nuclear laboratories, the heart of a vast infrastructure that employs tens of thousands of people. Some of the efforts, officials said, are believed to have involved Pakistani scientists trained abroad.
I am SO SICK of ZIONIST SHIT SPEW!!!!!!!
FUCK YOU, JYT!!!!!!!!
Pakistan’s weapons themselves are considered less of a concern — thanks in part to a secret program initiated by the Bush administration, with Mr. Musharraf’s consent, to help train Pakistani security forces to keep the weapons safe.
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You know, it would help, NYT, if you were not LYING and PROMOTING PROPAGANDA!!!
"Musharraf's departure is unlikely to have a significant impact on how Pakistan's nuclear weapons are controlled, however. Specialists say a 10-member committee, and not just the president, makes decisions on how to use them."
FUCK YOU, NYT!!!!
