Fears grow over security of Pakistan’s nukes

June 6, 2011

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A terror group working inside Pakistan has begun swarming over the region where the Pakistani army operates production complexes to build nuclear weapons and storage facilities for them, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.

The move is developing just as the United States is pressing Pakistan to do more to help eliminate al-Qaida and the Afghanistan Taliban.

Pakistan’s internal troubles are because of the Pakistani Taliban, also referred to as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, which has the Pakistani army as its primary target.

Generally, the assistance that Pakistan has been giving in fighting terrorists has been in going after the TTP, which is threatening the Pakistani government and now is swarming over the region where the Pakistani army has its storage sites for its nuclear weapons. Pakistan’s additional problem is that these sites cannot be shifted to other, more secure locations.

Regional sources say that these storage sites and production facilities now are vulnerable to increased attack and penetration by the organization which perceives that the Pakistani army has “sold its soul” to the United States.

Sources say that the Pakistani army does not keep its nuclear weapons in full operational mode but has critical components separated and in different locations as a security measure. Often, they are shuttled to other locations, which has the effect of exposing them to attack despite the intense security provided. Sources point out that every time there is a terrorist attack on Indian targets, the Pakistani army moves its tactical nuclear weapons, thereby exposing them as well to an attack.

The real threat, sources add, is having Islamist fundamentalist sympathizers within the Pakistani army whether they are officers or enlisted personnel.

“It is these elements who would act as the Trojan Horse for facilitating an inside access to Pakistani nuclear weapons arsenal,” one source said.

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