Pakistan - Missiles & Chaos

Pakistan testing another missile with nuclear capabilities will be sure to make the country of India happy.

Pakistan has just successfully tested a short range missile, Ghazanvi missile, with nuclear capabilities. A few weeks ago I posted on Pakistan's successful testing of a medium range missile, the Shaheen-1, that can carry multiple nuclear warheads.

From IHT --

Pakistan's military said Wednesday it has successfully test-fired a short-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear device.

The army's Strategic Missile Group launched the Ghazanvi missile, which has a range of 290 kilometers (180 miles), from an undisclosed location, a military statement said.

Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro, top army officials and scientists witnessed the test, it said.

Soomro said Wednesday that Pakistan seeks peace in the region, but "peace comes from strength" and "weakness invites aggression." More....

I would bet 10 to 1 this latest test will be sure to have Ohio Sen. George "The Great Horned One" RINOvich, once again caterwauling, for congress to pass the completely mind boggling 123 Agreement between the U.S. & India. The 123 Agreement basically says the U.S. will fund & support nuclear technology in India for the next 40 years! (Click here for text of 123 Agreement)

Because of the instability in the area we need to be working to decrease the amount of nuclear capable ordinance in this region - not adding fuel to the fire by pushing an agreement that is sure to turn the arms race with Pakistan & India into a NASCAR event!

Every countries greatest fear is terrorist's getting their little jihadakaze hands on nukes. If they do - you can just about guarantee the link will be through Pakistan.

There are still undeniable consistencies in the allegations that Baitullah Mehsud, a ruthless tribal warlord from South Waziristan in northern Pakistan, had former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed to protect the rogue Islamic nuke nut - Dr. Abdul Qadeer Kahn, aka "Father of the Pakistani Bomb."

Recent events in Pakistan should raise more than a few eyebrows. The power struggle between Musharraff and the Pakistani Army continues, Mehsud with his Al-Qaeda linked groups are turning northwest Pakistan into a bigger safe-haven for terrorists, two technicians for Pakistan's Atomic Agency and Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan were kidnapped....

The new army chief of Pakistan has ordered the withdrawal of military officers from the government's civil departments, officials said Tuesday, an action that reverses an important policy of his predecessor, President Pervez Musharraf.

The order by the army chief, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, was the boldest step he has taken to disentangle the military from the civilian sphere of the government since President Musharraf stepped down as military chief in November and Kayani replaced him.

The news came as the country faced further deterioration of law and order in the northwestern tribal areas straddling the border with Afghanistan, a refuge for Taliban and Al Qaeda Islamic militants and their allies. Two technicians working for Pakistan's atomic agency were reported to have been kidnapped Tuesday in the northwest, and the police said there was no word on the fate of Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, who was reported missing on Monday after he tried to drive through the Khyber Pass en route to Afghanistan. More...

Any suckers want to take me up on the bet that Pakistan is where terrorist's first get possession of nukes?