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Pakistan: We’ll Destroy Nukes if India Does
Pakistan is ready to get rid of its nuclear arsenal if uneasy neighbor India also does, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday. ``As far as Pakistan is concerned, if India is ready to denuclearize, we would be happy to denuclearize,'' Aziz Ahmed Khan said. ``But it will have to be mutual.''
"You first!"
Pakistan and India declared themselves nuclear powers after detonating atomic devises in 1998. Neither arsenal is open to inspections and it's not known exactly what either Pakistan or India possesses. Pakistan says it developed its nuclear arsenal in response to the perceived threat from India. ``Our position has been that we were forced into the situation because of Indian nuclear ambitions,'' he said.
"It's your fault we are nuke armed lunatics!"
Estimates I've seen put the Pak numbers at 50, India's at 35. But I have no idea how reliable those numbers are...
The two South Asian neighbors have fought three wars since the end of British rule of the subcontinent in 1947. Two of those wars have been over the disputed Kashmir region. The international community has been pressing the two neighbors to hold peace talks to end their relentless bickering fearing it could escalate into a nuclear confrontation.
The Islamic street will never let the Paks deal away their nukes, at least not until another Islamic country has them.
There's also the fact that Pak has lost three out of three of those wars and has an almost idolatrous fixation on their "Islamic nukes." I don't see anything here other than wind and posing.

Posted by: Steve 2003-05-05
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