Source: Yahoo News
Author: Kristin Roberts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pentagon officials say Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is secure in military hands, but some U.S. lawmakers and experts warn that nuclear material and designs could leak out if political instability persists.
Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has concentrated control over the entire nuclear program.
But a decline in his support within the military amid the current political crisis raises a risk that control over the weapons could weaken. That could open the door to theft or sale of weapons material to extremist groups, some experts say.
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1 WellWisher // Nov 9, 2007 at 6:31 am
Although I have posted the news item as it appeared, I wonder how declaration of emergency (or martial law) is tied to theft of weapons by extremist groups. I just don’t see the relation. Oh well, some experts are saying it!
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