Saudi Arabia - nuclear weapons on order from Pakistan
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-248238...
"Saudi Arabia has invested in Pakistani nuclear weapons projects, and believes it could obtain atomic bombs at will, a variety of sources have told BBC Newsnight.
While the kingdom's quest has often been set in the context of countering Iran's atomic programme, it is now possible that the Saudis might be able to deploy such devices more quickly than the Islamic republic.
Earlier this year, a senior Nato decision maker told me that he had seen intelligence reporting that nuclear weapons made in Pakistan on behalf of Saudi Arabia are now sitting ready for delivery.
Last month Amos Yadlin, a former head of Israeli military intelligence, told a conference in Sweden that if Iran got the bomb, "the Saudis will not wait one month. They already paid for the bomb, they will go to Pakistan and bring what they need to bring."
This will test Saudi/US relations, time for everyone to give up nuclear? It is not as if the big boys don't have enough in conventional weaponry.
"Saudi Arabia has invested in Pakistani nuclear weapons projects, and believes it could obtain atomic bombs at will, a variety of sources have told BBC Newsnight.
While the kingdom's quest has often been set in the context of countering Iran's atomic programme, it is now possible that the Saudis might be able to deploy such devices more quickly than the Islamic republic.
Earlier this year, a senior Nato decision maker told me that he had seen intelligence reporting that nuclear weapons made in Pakistan on behalf of Saudi Arabia are now sitting ready for delivery.
Last month Amos Yadlin, a former head of Israeli military intelligence, told a conference in Sweden that if Iran got the bomb, "the Saudis will not wait one month. They already paid for the bomb, they will go to Pakistan and bring what they need to bring."
This will test Saudi/US relations, time for everyone to give up nuclear? It is not as if the big boys don't have enough in conventional weaponry.
Newsnight are acting as if this is something new. It's been common knowledge for years that the Saudis funded the Pakistan nuclear programme and they didn't do it out of charity.
This was a report on the very same subject from 2007:
http://www.khouse.org/enews_article/2007/1230/
And given that AQ Khan sold nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya it would not be much of a stretch for him to break the rules with the Hause of Saud.
This was a report on the very same subject from 2007:
http://www.khouse.org/enews_article/2007/1230/
And given that AQ Khan sold nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya it would not be much of a stretch for him to break the rules with the Hause of Saud.
McWigglebum4th said:
Oh please nuke saudi off the face of the earth
a nasty nasty nasty country
I think it's a result of (a) being the geographical centre of the Islamic world and (b) all the petrodollars pumped into it over the last 50 years. Saudis have a unique brand of arrogance and seem to be despised by most muslims who have had the misfortune to travel to that country. Nuking it won't do any good (apart from increasing petrol prices). What might be helpful is the West placing pressure and creating some sort of regime change.a nasty nasty nasty country
Mermaid said:
Countdown said:
.. What might be helpful is the West placing pressure and creating some sort of regime change.
Rather than in Iraq perhaps.
The second you decide to tell the USA to GTFO all of a sudden you are expected to comply with unwritten international "principles" and "obligations" and stuff.....
Mermaid said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-248238...
"Saudi Arabia has invested in Pakistani nuclear weapons projects, and believes it could obtain atomic bombs at will, a variety of sources have told BBC Newsnight.
While the kingdom's quest has often been set in the context of countering Iran's atomic programme, it is now possible that the Saudis might be able to deploy such devices more quickly than the Islamic republic.
Earlier this year, a senior Nato decision maker told me that he had seen intelligence reporting that nuclear weapons made in Pakistan on behalf of Saudi Arabia are now sitting ready for delivery.
Last month Amos Yadlin, a former head of Israeli military intelligence, told a conference in Sweden that if Iran got the bomb, "the Saudis will not wait one month. They already paid for the bomb, they will go to Pakistan and bring what they need to bring."
This will test Saudi/US relations, time for everyone to give up nuclear? It is not as if the big boys don't have enough in conventional weaponry.
Good idea Mermaid, but I believe un-doable sadly. If only one cheated and everyone else didn't, instant problem."Saudi Arabia has invested in Pakistani nuclear weapons projects, and believes it could obtain atomic bombs at will, a variety of sources have told BBC Newsnight.
While the kingdom's quest has often been set in the context of countering Iran's atomic programme, it is now possible that the Saudis might be able to deploy such devices more quickly than the Islamic republic.
Earlier this year, a senior Nato decision maker told me that he had seen intelligence reporting that nuclear weapons made in Pakistan on behalf of Saudi Arabia are now sitting ready for delivery.
Last month Amos Yadlin, a former head of Israeli military intelligence, told a conference in Sweden that if Iran got the bomb, "the Saudis will not wait one month. They already paid for the bomb, they will go to Pakistan and bring what they need to bring."
This will test Saudi/US relations, time for everyone to give up nuclear? It is not as if the big boys don't have enough in conventional weaponry.
Jimbeaux said:
Seeing as the US will soon be energy independent, I say leave them to their own repressive craziness. Let the Chinese buy their oil and deal with the disease that is the ME.
Given the recent terrorist actions by the Uighurs, that's not working out too well for them. The Muslim world needs to get the schism between Sunni and Shia sorted somehow. And sadly I don't think it can be done by talking.
Mermaid said:
davepoth said:
The Muslim world needs to get the schism between Sunni and Shia sorted somehow. And sadly I don't think it can be done by talking.
We need the missionaries to convert both. Or a big fight between the two. 
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