Posted on 10/09/2006 4:30:02 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
Aslam said the North Korean test was not linked to Pakistani nuclear technology that was delivered to the Pyongyang regime by disgraced Pakistani nuclear programme founder A.Q. Khan.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Foreign Ministry on Monday criticized North Korea for conducting a nuclear test, calling it a ``destabilizing development for the region.''
``It is regrettable that the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) chose to ignore the advice of the international community not to test a nuclear weapon,'' ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told a news conference in the capital, Islamabad.
Aslam said Pakistan, which is also a nuclear-armed state, supported the six-party talks aimed at getting North Korea to step back from its nuclear programme.
``Pakistan deplores the announcement by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea that it has conducted a nuclear test,'' Aslam said. ``This will be a destabilizing development for the region.''
Aslam said the North Korean test was not linked to Pakistani nuclear technology that was delivered to the Pyongyang regime by disgraced Pakistani nuclear programme founder A.Q. Khan.
``There is absolutely no link between the nuclear test conducted by North Korea or what might have gone on by Dr A.Q. Kahn and the North Korean government,'' Aslam said. ``The North Korean programme is plutonium-based and Pakistan's is mainly uranium based.''
Pakistani political analyst Talat Masood said the North Korean nuclear test could spark the proliferation of nuclear weapons across the Asian region.
Yeah, well I deplore having A. Q. Khan being held in hero status in Pakistan, while he's spread this technology around to the worst of the worst.
The same pakstan that allows the taliban and alqueida to operate freely on its soil?
The same pakistan that harbors osama bin laden?
Our great friends?
Now now now,those pesky North Koreans probably didn't invite anybody from Pakistan to watch the tests.......Just like they got a chance to visit Pakistan's N-facilities & view (No-Dong) missiles being tested in Pakistan.How outrageous!!!!!
If Pakistan is calling upon North Korea to show restraint, well, that ship has already sailed. The US showed similar alarm back when the Soviet Union conducted their first nuclear test, in the days of Stalin (1949), and the first hydrogen bomb test (August 12, 1953), which took place after Stalin died (March 5, 1953). The Americans and the British were understandably VERY nervous at the time. And the nervousness did not subside until the total collapse of the Soviet Union, which came in stages between 1989 and 1991. Of course, by then, a number of other countries had joined the "nuclear club", but the burden of a major arsenal then fell by default upon the US.
As a military threat, North Korea's nuclear program does not make a pinch of salt, except for their bargaining position of nuclear blackmail, and the distinct possibility that the device(s) could be transferred to terrorist agencies anywhere in the world.
Islam and communism will bring the world to an end
Pakistan has already opened Nuke-Mart.Heck,North Korea was one of the first customers.
I'm sure they (Pakistan) would deplore the test after giving them the nukes in the first place!
Islam and communism will both die...together...their time is coming sooner than later.
Probably true. If it had been Pak tech it might have actually worked properly.
I'm a bit more optimistic.
The world will bring Islam and communism to an end.
And exactly how is Aslam so knowledgable about the NK nuclear program? Maybe a little bird told him.
Or more precisely,Chinese technology in Pakistani nukes.
This is general knowledge and has been published for many years. Also known although not so widely published until today is that this device was to yield 400 kT, although it may have been a trigger for a 400 kT device.
Shhhh. That would make the UN appear as useless as t!ts on a boarhog. Oh, wait.....
The UN is having an emergency session right now. Have they progressed to picking the color of the notepaper they will use to send the strongly-worded message?
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