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Pakistani Official: No New Nukes

Posted on May 18, 2009

Responding to a recent assertion by Adm. Mike Mullen, current chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, that Pakistan is actively adding to its array of nuclear weapons, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira insisted on Monday that Mullen was in error.

AP via Google News:

At a congressional panel last week, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked whether there was evidence that Pakistan was adding to its nuclear weapons systems and warheads. He simply replied: “Yes.”

But Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira denied that assertion Monday.

“Pakistan does not need to expand its nuclear arsenal but we want to make it clear that we will maintain a minimum nuclear deterrence that is essential for our defense and stability,” he said. “We will not make any compromise.”

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By mike turner, May 19 at 12:38 pm #

The only profound discovery I’ve learned American intell made in the years following 9/11…..was that contrary to Cheney’s lies about the Iraq 9/11 connection….... was that Pakistan was in fact the terrorist state shopping nuclear bombs to muslim extremists. One towering lie & counter intuitive piece of rightwing GOP deception after another. Pelosi speaks truth to the darkside.

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By rfidler, May 19 at 11:39 am #

skulz: Please provide evidence that Mullen is an idiot.

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By skulz fontaine, May 19 at 9:43 am #

The Washington “spin” goes in here, the mainstream media propaganda comes out there and the blah blah blah goes unchallenged. Mullen is an idiot.

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