Sunday, June 19, 2011


Caroline Glick : A Do or Die Moment
"As for Pakistan, the US's assassination of Osama bin Laden last month exposed the dirty secret of Pakistani military collaboration with al Qaida for all to see. This week's arrest of five Pakistanis accused of acting as informants to the US in its bid to locate the al Qaida chief is further proof - if any was needed - that the $21 billion in military and economic assistance the US has showered on Pakistan since 2002 has bought it precious little in the way of strategic support or partnership from Islamabad.

Recent reports indicate increased concern that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal may eventually fall under the control of al Qaida sympathizers."

Pakistan militant attack - blueprint for nuclear base raid? | Reuters:
"A group of highly-trained militants with night-vision goggles and the collusion of sympathetic Islamist military officials storm a heavily-guarded navy base situated only a few miles from where a unstable Pakistan stores some of its nuclear weapons...

There are some 10,000 soldiers guarding the facilities and only 5 percent of individuals pass strict screening tests for staff at the facilities"

Pakistanis tip off militants again
"In the tradition of `trust but verify,' the Americans carefully monitored the area with satellite and unmanned drones, to see what would happen, after sharing the information a third and fourth time, the officials said.

In each case, they watched the militants depart within 24 hours, taking any weapons or bomb-making materials with them, just as militants had done the first two times. Only then, did they watch the Pakistani military visit each site, when the terror suspects and their wares were long gone, the officials said."

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