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Pakistan Could Pose Nuclear Threat, Turkey Says
From Monday, March 10, 2008 issue.
Pakistan could become a nuclear terror threat if Taliban militants seize control of the country’s government, Turkish military chief Gen. Yasar Buyukanit said today (see GSN, Feb. 7). Buyukanit said during a terrorism conference in Ankara that the Taliban could take hold of Islamabad’s nuclear arsenal if Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is forced to abdicate his position, the Associated Press reported. Should that occur, it would be the first time that such weapons have fallen under control of a terrorist group, he said. “I hope Pakistan reaches stability in a short time,” Buyukanit said. Pakistan’s government has insisted that its nuclear arsenal is secure. Khalid Kidwai, the stockpile’s operational chief, said in January that 10,000 troops guard the weapons with U.S. financial backing (Associated Press/MSNBC, March 10). Meanwhile, former top Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has been discharged from a hospital after receiving treatment for a suspected infection, Agence France-Presse reported yesterday (see GSN, March 5). “Dr. Khan was shifted to his residence after gaining significant improvement in his health,” Pakistani state media quoted unnamed sources as saying. “Further treatment as required would be provided to Dr. Khan at his residence” (Agence France-Presse/Spacewar.com, March 9).
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