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2004-01-05 Africa: North

Libya accuses Pak scientists of selling N-plans

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Posted by Steve 2004-01-05 10:44:21 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The only theory that adequately explains the actions and effectiveness of the IAEA is that they are actively covering up the nuclear programs of third-world nations. They have certainly done nothing to stop any of them, and whenever the US uncovers details about one, it turns out to be much, much larger than the IAEA admitted.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-5 10:51:51 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-1-5 10:51:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Now that "asian/Asia" includes people of the ME, I really wonder where these ships are stopping.

Posted by Anonymous2u 2004-1-5 10:56:21 AM|| 2004-1-5 10:56:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Um, Malaysia and Pakistan are clearly in Asia. What makes you think "asian/Asia includes people of the ME"?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-5 11:05:05 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-1-5 11:05:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Them Pakis are turning out to have connections with a lot of unsavory situations. This certainly can't be good news, for either Musharraf or GWB.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-5 12:08:38 PM|| 2004-1-5 12:08:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't see how it could be a bad thing for Bush, at least if people think about it rationally. Remember, one of the particular accusations made against Bush during the 2000 campaign was that he didn't even know the name of the president of Pakistan! Hard to blame Bush for something his own opponents claim he was ignorant of.

For Musharraf, I don't think it makes a big difference. The only people who might change their minds about him are the US, and I doubt we want to abandon him and roll the dice on his replacement.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-5 1:29:54 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-1-5 1:29:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Based on Gregg Easterbrook's article in the NYT yesterday (the almost insurmountable technological problems in developing nuclear weapons), one could be forgiven for thinking Pakistan was actually running a high level Nigerian e-mail scam; lots of promises and money change hands but no functional results. Ghadaffi just discovered he has been had.

Posted by john 2004-1-5 2:50:56 PM|| 2004-1-5 2:50:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't see how it could be a bad thing for Bush, at least if people think about it rationally.

Not embarrassing, to be sure, but more along the lines of having yet another blip on the radar screen to have to watch. Pakis involved with Khadafy, with NK, and possibly Iran, is rather troubing, to say the least.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-5 3:38:44 PM|| 2004-1-5 3:38:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I'd be surprised if we hadn't been watching that all along.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-5 3:46:55 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-1-5 3:46:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Insurmountable problems? Like the ones that were solved by us with 1940s technology?

Posted by Anonymous 2004-1-5 11:38:55 PM|| 2004-1-5 11:38:55 PM|| Front Page Top

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