Pakistan - Al Qaeda, Taliban targeting Pakistani nuclear sites

The Long War Journal ^ | December 11, 2007 | Rill Robbio

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Yesterday's suicide bombing at the Kamra Air Force Base in Punjab was not the first strike at a nuclear weapons storage facility. After a closer look at the bases struck inside Pakistan since August, at least two more strikes occurred either on or near nuclear weapons storage facilities, based on open source information on Pakistan's nuclear weapons programs. Since August 2007, there have been two suicide attacks at or near the Sargodha Air Force Base, a nuclear weapons and missile storage facility in central Punjab province. Other attacks in Punjab and the Northwest Frontier Province may be aimed at facilities providing regional security for Pakistan's nuclear program.

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Sargodha is their premier air force base and coincidently home of their air delivery nuclear bombs, their uranium cores are stored elsewhere.

The Taliban is looking for any high-value targets in the approaches to a frequently accessed base, nothing more to it.

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Uh-oh...

We’re looking for the loose nukes, al-Qaida’s looking for them too. It’s a race. This would make a great movie. Except it’s real....

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Nukes on the Loose in Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

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