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To: risk

Well Pakistan never got it's nukes for the sake of the Indian threat,it had that plan in mind way before India tested it's 1st nuke in 1974.Jinnah reportedly said somethingin jail after India's test that goes like-"Now the Christian,Hindu & Jewish civilisations have the bomb.Only the Islamic civilisation does'nt.We vow to eat grass for a 100 years to build the bomb"-the Saudis & Libyans funded most of Pakistan's early nuke development,while the Chinese provided the blueprints(to keep India tied down).the Arab-Paki cooperation hightened highly in 80s(during the Soviet war in Afghanistan) that it had the Israelis worried.They reportedly planned a joint strike ala Osiraq with the Indian airforce,but Indira Gandhi backed out citing international pressure(read Arab & American).So even if India has a peace settlement with the Pakis(being an Indian I can say it is close to impossible),they won't give up their nukes-theirs is the "Islamic" bomb,something most Pakis are proud of .Most folks on here think that Iran will have the Islamic bomb,but the Shiites are the minority in Islam,so Pakistan's bomb is a symbol for the majority Sunnis(weird logic,isn't it??).If you do a google search on "Paki-Saudi nuclear cooperation" you will come across reports of a supposed agreement between them allowing Pakistan to base nuclear missiles in Saudi Arabia(giving the Saudis nuke deterrence against Israel) & Pakistan free oil & a solid second strike capability against India(something they don't have).


8 posted on 09/18/2004 5:51:59 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
they won't give up their nukes

I didn't suggest they would volunteer to do this. And I'm still serious about it.

10 posted on 09/18/2004 9:39:04 AM PDT by risk
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I wrote earlier "Jinnah reportedly said something "-it's not Jinnah who made that statement(the bloke died in 1948!!!),but Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto,who got arrested & executed by Zia Ul Haq.Error is regretted!!!!


16 posted on 09/18/2004 12:21:33 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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