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Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 11:43 pm Post subject: UK/US preparing to seize Pakistan's nuclear facilities?
in today's Sunday Express but not on the internet for some reason UK poised on nuclear plot
[My headline ed.] UK/US about to seize Pakistan's nuclear facilities?
By Marco Glannangell, Defence Correspondent - UK Sunday Express - page 44 - May 22nd 2011
BRITISH scientists are preparing to help American experts take control of Pakistan's nuclear facilities in the event of a raid by Islamic terrorists.
The US is on high alert for reprisal attacks after it killed AI Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Pakistan has thwarted four such terror attempts on its oWn in the past five years alone, but if the US feels it must take over in the future, British experts willhelp run 25 nuclear facilities, many in the North-west, a hotbed of radicalism.
Only yesterday relatives mourned 15 people who died when a Nato oil tanker was attacked there.
The Sargodha Air Force Base, where Pakistan's 80 nuclear missiles are kept, is in the area.
A source said: "The US is concerned about these facilities falling into the wrong hands, and they are willing to take steps to deal with the situation. This will include American and British nuclear experts."
“Any Attack on Pakistan Would be Construed as an Attack on China”
Responding to reports that China has asked the US to respect Pakistan’s sovereignty in the aftermath of the Bin Laden operation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu used a May 19 press briefing to state Beijing’s categorical demand that the “sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan must be respected.” According to Pakistani diplomatic sources cited by the Times of India, China has “warned in unequivocal terms that any attack on Pakistan would be construed as an attack on China.” This ultimatum was reportedly delivered at the May 9 China-US strategic dialogue and economic talks in Washington, where the Chinese delegation was led by Vice Prime Minister Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo. Chinese warnings are implicitly backed up by that nation’s nuclear missiles, including an estimated 66 ICBMs, some capable of striking the United States, plus 118 intermediate-range missiles, 36 submarine-launched missiles, and numerous shorter-range systems.
Support from China is seen by regional observers as critically important for Pakistan, which is otherwise caught in a pincers between the US and India: “If US and Indian pressure continues, Pakistan can say ‘China is behind us. Don’t think we are isolated, we have a potential superpower with us,’” Talat Masood, a political analyst and retired Pakistani general, told AFP.
The Chinese ultimatum came during the visit of Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani in Beijing, during which the host government announced the transfer of 50 state-of-the-art JF-17 fighter jets to Pakistan, immediately and without cost.3 Before his departure, Gilani had stressed the importance of the Pakistan-China alliance, proclaiming: “We are proud to have China as our best and most trusted friend. And China will always find Pakistan standing beside it at all times….When we speak of this friendship as being taller than the Himalayas and deeper than the oceans it truly captures the essence of our relationship.”4 These remarks were greeted by whining from US spokesmen, including Idaho Republican Senator Risch.
The simmering strategic crisis between the United States and Pakistan exploded with full force on May 1, with the unilateral and unauthorized US commando raid alleged to have killed the phantomatic Osama bin Laden in a compound at Abottabad, a flagrant violation of Pakistan’s national sovereignty. The timing of this military stunt designed to inflame tensions between the two countries had nothing to do with any alleged Global War on Terror, and everything to do with the late March visit to Pakistan of Prince Bandar, the Saudi Arabian National Security Council chief. This visit had resulted in a de facto alliance between Islamabad and Riyadh, with Pakistan promising troops to put down any US-backed color revolution in the kingdom, while extending nuclear protection to the Saudis, thus making them less vulnerable to US extortion threats to abandon the oil-rich monarchy to the tender mercies of Tehran. A joint move by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to break out of the US empire, whatever one may think of these regimes, would represent a fatal blow for the fading US empire in South Asia.
As for the US claims concerning the supposed Bin Laden raid of May 1, they are a mass of hopeless contradictions which changes from day to day. An analysis of this story is best left to literary critics and writers of theatrical reviews. The only solid and uncontestable fact which emerges is that Pakistan is the leading US target — thus intensifying the anti-Pakistan US policy which has been in place since Obama’s infamous December 2009 West Point speech.
Gilani: Full Force Retaliation to Defend Pakistan’s Strategic Assets
The Chinese warning to Washington came on the heels of Gilani’s statement to the Pakistan Parliament declaring: “Let no one draw any wrong conclusions. Any attack against Pakistan’s strategic assets, whether overt or covert, will find a matching response…. Pakistan reserves the right to retaliate with full force. No one should underestimate the resolve and capability of our nation and armed forces to defend our sacred homeland.”5 A warning of full force retaliation from a nuclear power such as Pakistan needs to be taken seriously, even by the hardened aggressors of the Obama regime.
The strategic assets Gilani is talking about are the Pakistani nuclear forces, the key to the country’s deterrent strategy against possible aggression by India, egged on by Washington in the framework of the US-India nuclear cooperation accord. The US forces in Afghanistan have not been able to conceal their extensive planning for attempts to seize or destroy Pakistan’s nuclear bombs and warheads. According to a 2009 Fox News report, “The United States has a detailed plan for infiltrating Pakistan and securing its mobile arsenal of nuclear warheads if it appears the country is about to fall under the control of the Taliban, Al Qaeda or other Islamic extremists.” This plan was developed by General Stanley McChrystal when he headed the US Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. JSOC, the force reportedly involved in the Bin Laden operation. is composed of Army Delta Force, Navy SEALs and “a high-tech special intelligence unit known as Task Force Orange.” “Small units could seize [Pakistan’s nukes], disable them, and then centralize them in a secure location,” claimed a source quoted by Fox.6
Obama Has Already Approved Sneak Attack on Pakistan’s Nukes
According to the London Sunday Express, Obama has already approved an aggressive move along these lines: “US troops will be deployed in Pakistan if the nation’s nuclear installations come under threat from terrorists out to avenge the killing of Osama Bin Laden… The plan, which would be activated without President Zardari’s consent, provoked an angry reaction from Pakistan officials… Barack Obama would order troops to parachute in to protect key nuclear missile sites. These include the air force’s central Sargodha HQ, home base for nuclear-capable F-16 combat aircraft and at least 80 ballistic missiles.” According to a US official, “The plan is green lit and the President has already shown he is willing to deploy troops in Pakistan if he feels it is important for national security.”...........
The Shooting Has Already Started
The shooting between US and Pakistani forces escalated on Tuesday May 17, when a US NATO helicopter violated Pakistani airspace in Waziristan. Pakistani forces showed heightened alert status, and opened fire immediately, with the US helicopter shooting back. Two soldiers at a Pakistani check post on the border in the Datta Khel area were wounded.8
Possible Pakistani retaliation for this border incursion came in Peshawar on Friday, May 20, when a car bomb apparently targeted a 2-car US consulate convoy, but caused no American deaths or injuries. One Pakistani bystander was killed, and several wounded. In other intelligence warfare, Ary One television reported the name of the CIA station chief in Islamabad, the second top US resident spook there to have his cover blown in six months.
US Envoy Grossman Rejects Pakistani Calls To Stop Border Violations
US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman, the replacement for the late Richard Holbrooke, on May 19 arrogantly rejected Pakistani calls for guarantees that no more Abottabad-style unilateral operations would be mounted in Pakistan.9 In refusing to offer such assurances, Grossman claimed that Pakistani officials had never demanded respect for their border in recent years.10
In the midst of this strategic crisis, India has gone ahead with inherently provocative scheduled military maneuvers targeting Pakistan. This is the “Vijayee Bhava” (Be Victorious) drill, held in the Thar desert of north Rajastan,. This atomic-biological-chemical Blitzkrieg drill involves the Second Armored Corps, “considered to be the most crucial of the Indian Army’s three principal strike formations tasked with virtually cutting Pakistan in two during a full-fledged war.”11
The Nation: A CIA-RAW-Mossad Pseudo-Taliban Countergang
One way to provide the provocation needed to justify a US-Indian attack on Pakistan would be through an increase in terrorist actions attributable to the so-called Taliban. According to the mainstream Pakistani media, the CIA, the Israeli Mossad, and the Indian RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) have created their own version of the Taliban in the form of a terrorist countergang which they control and direct. According to one account, “Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives have infiltrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda networks, and have created their own Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) force in order to destabilize Pakistan.” The former Punjab Regional Commander of the Pakistani Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), retired Brigadier General Aslam Ghuman, commented: “During my visit to the US, I learned that the Israeli spy agency Mossad, in connivance with Indian agency RAW, under the direct supervision of CIA, planned to destabilize Pakistan at any cost.”12 Was this countergang responsible for last week’s double bombing in Waziristan, which killed 80 paramilitary police?
According to the same account, Russian intelligence “disclosed that CIA contractor Raymond Davis and his network had provided Al-Qaeda operatives with chemical, nuclear and biological weapons, so that US installations may be targeted and Pakistan be blamed….” Davis, a JSOC veteran himself, was arrested for the murder of two ISI agents, but then released by the Pakistani government after a suspicious hue and cry by the State Department...............
Another point of interest is also we have Russian General saying Missile Shield is a real threat to Russia. _________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
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“Revolution has started in Georgia” – opposition leader
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Published: 22 May, 2011, 14:30
Edited: 22 May, 2011, 22:44
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Following the thousands-strong protests this weekend, Georgian opposition leader Nino Burdzhanadze has claimed a revolution provoked by the government has started in the country.
Around 2,000 people protested near the Georgian Public Broadcaster’s offices in the capital Tbilisi on Sunday. They were demanding the current government’s resignation in order to conduct early parliamentary and presidential elections. Contrary to expectations, there were fewer protesters than on Saturday.
“We had a lot of problems during the pre-rally period. The government resorted to terrorist methods, terrorizing our supporters. They were kidnapping people, they have arrested hundreds of people, tens of people have been injured and beaten,” former speaker of the parliament and leader of the Democratic Movement-United Georgia Party, Nino Burdzhanadze told RT on Sunday.
After two days of protests, the leaders of three oppositional parties – Nino Burdzhanadze of the Democratic Movement-United Georgia Party, Nona Gaprindashvili of the People’s Assembly, and Sozar Subari and Levan Gachechiladze of the Party of Georgia, – met to express their commitment to continue rallying on Monday.
The opposition says the current regime has taken away people's democratic freedoms, claiming President Mikhail Saakashvili's continued presence at the top puts the whole region at risk.
“We are protesting about neo-Bolshevism in this country. We are living in the neo-Bolshevik country right now and all talks about democracy are just talks,” said Nino Burdzhanadze. “We are fighting for democracy, for justice, for free and fair elections. Hundreds of supporters of the National Assembly have been arrested, beaten and kidnapped during the last three years, including this morning.”
Burdzhanadze said the revolution in Georgia has already started and it was the country’s government that provoked it, as cited by Itar-Tass news agency.
Another notable opposition member, former Georgian defense minister, Irakly Okruashvili, who was forced into exile after a conflict with President Saakashvili, promised to put an end to the regime on May 25 – the day when another major anti-government protest is scheduled.
“I can promise two things – I will be in Tbilisi on May 25, and this will be the last day of the incumbent authorities,” Okruashvili told the Georgian Maestro TV station.
Leader of the Party of Georgia, Sozar Subari, echoed Okruashvili who was one of the party's founders.
”The government doesn’t care a dash about people, this is why we should fiercely struggle against those anti-national powers. We should be together, and on May 25 we’ll put an end to Saakashvili’s regime,” he said, adding that Saakashvili’s only means of subsistence is terror.
Early on Sunday morning, the opposition claimed that the country’s Special Forces had broken into their office in the Black Sea resort city of Batumi, detaining dozens of opposition members, and injuring 12. The opposition said about 300 people have been detained over the past two days.
The Interior Ministry says eleven people have been arrested.
According to Burdzhanadze people were being arrested not only in Tbilisi and Batumi, where the most violence protests took place, but also in other cities. Riot police are said to have been using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse rallies.
“The government is acting like criminals,” said Nino Burdzhanadze. “They cracked down the demonstration which has been sanctioned by the government itself. So, we are acting according to legislation. We are not doing anything illegal. It was an absolutely peaceful manifestation. So they are pushing violence, they are beginning a revolution. They used illegal force against peaceful demonstrators. We have a right to protect ourselves, we have a right to protect our values, we have a right to protect our members and we have a right to live in normal democratic country,” she said.
On Saturday the People’s Assembly movement supporters were protesting on Freedom Square in Tbilisi. In the evening protesters moved to the Georgian Public Broadcaster’s premises. About 5,000 people have taken part in the rally in the capital, and Batumi also hosted a rally that attracted some 2,000 protesters.
Nino Burdzhanadze was one of the leaders of the "Rose Revolution" that occurred in November 2003 and led to regime change in Georgia, after which Mikhail Saakashvili became president. In recent years, Burdzhanadze has opposed the regime of Mikhail Saakashvili, who started his second term as president in 2008.
This is not the first time Georgia has faced mass protests due to the dissatisfaction with the current authorities. Opposition forces in Georgia criticize Saakashvili for failing to deliver on his economic and political promises, and they say the human rights situation in the country is a major concern.
_________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
in today's Sunday Express but not on the internet for some reason UK poised on nuclear plot
[My headline ed.] UK/US about to seize Pakistan's nuclear facilities?
By Marco Glannangell, Defence Correspondent - UK Sunday Express - page 44 - May 22nd 2011
BRITISH scientists are preparing to help American experts take control of Pakistan's nuclear facilities in the event of a raid by Islamic terrorists.
The US is on high alert for reprisal attacks after it killed AI Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Pakistan has thwarted four such terror attempts on its oWn in the past five years alone, but if the US feels it must take over in the future, British experts willhelp run 25 nuclear facilities, many in the North-west, a hotbed of radicalism.
Only yesterday relatives mourned 15 people who died when a Nato oil tanker was attacked there.
The Sargodha Air Force Base, where Pakistan's 80 nuclear missiles are kept, is in the area.
A source said: "The US is concerned about these facilities falling into the wrong hands, and they are willing to take steps to deal with the situation. This will include American and British nuclear experts."
_________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 18335 Location: St. Pauls, Bristol, England
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 11:56 am Post subject: Re: UK/US preparing to seize Pakistan's nuclear facilities?
US behind PNS Mehran attack, says Nawaz Sharif
Published: May 25, 2011
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, on Tuesday, blamed the US for Sunday night’s brazen assault on PNS Mehran in Karachi, terming it a covert move to weaken Pakistan by attacking its vital installations.
“Yes it is the anti-state elements, including the US, who are behind the whole episode,” he said, speaking to participants at the inaugural ceremony of the district office of the PML-N’s youth wing.
He said that Pakistan had barely moved past the shock over the Abbottabad operation carried out by the US Navy SEALs, when the attack on Naval airbase took place, shattering the confidence of the people in the government and those responsible for the protection of key installations.
Criticising the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) -led coalition government, he said the country’s defence institutions had suffered a great loss in the wake of the destruction of fighter planes and navy personnel had suffered casualties in the attack but the rulers continue to stand by without devising a strategy to combat such emergencies.
He said that citizens were uncertain about the country’s defence strategy as a result of the government’s incompetent policies.
“Inept rulers who are more concerned about safeguarding their personal interests and appeasing the US, even at the cost of Pakistan’s sovereignty, have exposed the country to various dangers,” he said.
Stressing on the need for a thorough probe into the Abbottabad raid in line with the parliamentary resolution, , Sharif said a commission should also be set up to investigate the attack on PNS Mehran.
in today's Sunday Express but not on the internet for some reason UK poised on nuclear plot
[My headline ed.] UK/US about to seize Pakistan's nuclear facilities?
By Marco Glannangell, Defence Correspondent - UK Sunday Express - page 44 - May 22nd 2011
BRITISH scientists are preparing to help American experts take control of Pakistan's nuclear facilities in the event of a raid by Islamic terrorists.
The US is on high alert for reprisal attacks after it killed AI Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Pakistan has thwarted four such terror attempts on its oWn in the past five years alone, but if the US feels it must take over in the future, British experts willhelp run 25 nuclear facilities, many in the North-west, a hotbed of radicalism.
Only yesterday relatives mourned 15 people who died when a Nato oil tanker was attacked there.
The Sargodha Air Force Base, where Pakistan's 80 nuclear missiles are kept, is in the area.
A source said: "The US is concerned about these facilities falling into the wrong hands, and they are willing to take steps to deal with the situation. This will include American and British nuclear experts."
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