Pak-Saudi nuclear arms pact

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-- In HinduThought, "S. Kalyanaraman"

<kalyan97> wrote:

STORY BELOW COMMENT BY DR KALYANARAMAN

American law-makers and policy-makers, Defence Department and State

Department in particular, should wake up to the diabolical nature of

the agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. This is a serious

threat to security of USA, which will make 9-11 look like a walk in

the park. The entire Middle East and Asian region will be converted

into a military nightmare with the Islamic Bomb in possession of

Pakistan. USA should seek India's cooperation and ensure the

elimination of the Islamic nuke from the region. This is an immediate

international strategic security imperative, more urgent than the

North Korean nuke because Pakistan is said to possess borrowed bombs

from China with tacit knowledge of USA.

 

 

 

Kalyanaraman

 

 

 

Pak, Saudi sign secret pact on N-transfer

 

Deccan Chronicle, Oct. 22, 2003

 

Islamabad, Oct. 21: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have concluded a secret

agreement on nuclear cooperation, UPI reported, quoting an

unimpeachable source.

 

"It will be vehemently denied by both countries," added this ranking

Pakistani source, described as "a knowledgeable insider" by Arnaud de

Borchgrave, the editor-in-chief of UPI.

 

"But future events will confirm that Pakistan has agreed to provide

Saudi Arabia with the wherewithal for a nuclear deterrent."

 

In a lightning, hastily arranged, 26-hour "State visit" in Islamabad,

Crown Prince Abdullah Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, flew

across the Arabian Sea with an entourage of 200, including Foreign

Minister Prince Saud and several Cabinet ministers.

 

The pro-American Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan, who is next in

line to succeed to the throne after Abdullah, was not part of the

delegation.

 

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf met Abdullah at the airport and

saw him off Sunday night with a 21-gun salute.

 

In Washington, Mohammed Sadiq, Pakistan's deputy chief of mission,

said on Monday that the report about Pakistan and Saudi Arabia

reaching agreement on nuclear cooperation was "totally wrong".

 

"This is against our policy," Sadiq said.

 

"Pakistan would never proliferate its nuclear technology. It's a very

clear policy. This was not even discussed in the talks we held with

the Saudis. It was not even on the agenda. It is out of the question."

 

The Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington did not immediately comment

on the report.

 

A joint Pakistani-Saudi communiqué posted on the embassy's website

concerning Abdullah's visit to Islamabad mentioned only an agreement

for "the maximum utilisation of the existing economic potential of

the two countries." There was no mention of military cooperation,

nuclear or conventional.

 

http://www.deccan.com/neighbours/default.shtml#Pak,%20Saudi%20sign%

20secret%20pact%20on%20N-transfer

 

(NOTE THAT STORY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM WEBSITE)

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