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Pakistan Atomic Staff Kidnapped

Newspaper current event by willwaddell on 12 February 2008, tagged as world, affairs, pakistan, atomic, and afghanistan

Pakistan, the land of thousand worries, has added one more to the list. Coming on the same day which saw Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan kidnapped, two staff members of Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission have reportedly been kidnapped while out surveying the troublesome northwest provinces. The two technicians were conducting a geological survey when their vehicle was stopped by a masked gunmen. It is yet unknown who took the men, but the northwest region of Pakistan is rife with Taliban militants, many of whom it is believed use Pakistan as a base from which to conduct operations in neighboring Afghanistan. Pakistan, of course, remains in a delicate position following the recent assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. It's stability is of paramount interest to many outsiders as Pakistan is seen as a crucial arena in the fight against al Qaeda. It's stability and status are also all the more important because of it's substantial nuclear arsenal.

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Pakistan will boil over very soon by Occams :: NR6

Pakistan is about to have an election and all news from there at present is tainted by political interests.

Dictator Musharif has stacked the high court and rigged the constitution to give himself extrordinary powers as prime minister, but he might have shot himself in the foot if the PM position goes to someone else - which is unlikely. He is the fourth dictator in the short history of Pakistan and the other three were removed by the Army - either by murder or a quiet word in the ear. This one will be also, but when? The problem is that whatever happens the army will still be in control. Perhaps this is better than a civil war with an unknown winner who could favor terrorists with nuclear weapons.

Musharif supports certain terrorists and has to go quickly.

This is a much more serious problem than the one we are bleeding over in Iraq.

Posted 13 February 2008, Hide, Reply