Gunmen Have Attacked And Entered A Pakistani Air Force Base Thought To House Nuclear Weapons
Adam Taylor
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Aug. 15, 2012, 7:47 PM
Gunmen have attacked and entered a Pakistan air force base, according to Reuters.
The target is the Minhas Air Base in the town of Kamra, located around 40 miles outside Islamabad. The attacked is believed to be conducted by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — reports in the Pakistan press have suggested they were planning attacks in retaliation for upcoming military action.
A three hour gun battle is reportedly raging between security guards and attackers.
Time Magazine's Omar Waraich points out that this is the third attack on the base since 2007.
Worryingly, the militants may have good reason to attack the base. Waraich says that the site is home of Pakistan's nascent drone program, and a Telegraph report from 2009 said the site was thought to house Pakistan's nuclear weapons. Saeed Shah wrote at the time:
UPDATE: 2 soldiers and 6 militants have been left dead from the fighting, Reuters reports.
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The target is the Minhas Air Base in the town of Kamra, located around 40 miles outside Islamabad. The attacked is believed to be conducted by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — reports in the Pakistan press have suggested they were planning attacks in retaliation for upcoming military action.
A three hour gun battle is reportedly raging between security guards and attackers.
Time Magazine's Omar Waraich points out that this is the third attack on the base since 2007.
Worryingly, the militants may have good reason to attack the base. Waraich says that the site is home of Pakistan's nascent drone program, and a Telegraph report from 2009 said the site was thought to house Pakistan's nuclear weapons. Saeed Shah wrote at the time:
Pakistan’s nuclear sites are tightly guarded. While experts do not think that terrorists could seize an actual nuclear bomb — the weapons are not kept in a useable form, with parts dispersed — it is possible that they could cause a fire or explosion inside a nuclear site, or perhaps seize radioactive material.
I'm genuinely curious Live, what is your answer. What should an American POTUS do?
ReplyDeleteSay something, call a press meeting, tell us what the plan is or if there is no plan.
DeleteObama has meddled in every one of the arab countires that has been succumbing to the Taliban, why is he turning a blind eye to the innocnet citizens dying every day?
Just keeping the jets out of the sky is easy enoough
If there comes a time when the nuclear arsenal of Pakistan becomes jeopardized, then our special forces will have to secure it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think any rational person or government would like the TTP to score a nuclear weapon.
Delete" While experts do not think that terrorists could seize an actual nuclear bomb — the weapons are not kept in a useable form, with parts dispersed "
I am willing to bet that if the TTP should score any or all of the parts they would have no problem finding assistance to assemble their new found toy.
Damn straight, especially since Pakistan was the one that gave Iran all of its nuclear technology. Heck, there are people in the Pakistan government that would give the "terrorists" that info.
DeleteWill Romney-Ryan have to clean up this mess created by Obama?
ReplyDeleteAll I can see is the helicopters that Nixon had to send in to evacuate our people after the disaster produced by LBJ.