US prepared to snatch Pakistan nukes: NBC News
Islamabad—The Obama administration is escalating its psychological warfare against the Pak military establishment through leaking very sensitive reports to the American and world media. In this regard, the NBC News reported that the US military and intelligence operatives are debating, strategizing, gaming and potentially even conducting crisis on entering Pakistan and seizing the nation’s nuclear weapons during a crisis. The former White House Deputy Counter-Terrorism Director Roger Cressey confirmed the planning and term the scheme as,” The highest priorities of the US intelligence community and the White House.” He disclosed that the planned operation would be “snatch and grab” the nukes and that US Special Forces would try to dismantle or eliminate them.
A US Congressional Research Service report debated the case and justified it, claiming that Pakistan has to be deprived of its 90-110 nuclear arsenals. Princeton University Pakistan academic Zia Mian disclosed that CIA and Defence Department frequently conducted preparations to snatch the nukes. They’ve exercised attacking Iran; hence Pakistan should be ready for such episode.
In his 2009 book” Defusing Armageddon,” intelligence scholar Jeffery Richelson wrote that the then US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Peter Pace five years ago outlined two kinds of situations:” elimination operations” and “ interdiction operations by the United States to secure Pak nuclear weapons. The operations’ task would be to locate, secure, disable and/or destroy Pak nukes.
Pak to react decisively
Akhtar Jamal
Islamabad—Authoritative sources in Pakistan have warned that if any foreign force tries to conduct a misadventure, Pakistan Armed Forces will react very strongly with all their resources.
The sources reacting to reports that US military and intelligence operatives were strategizing, gaming and may be conducting drills on entering Pakistan and seizing its strategic assets.
Pakistani experts were not sure if the news report was part of a psyops against Pakistan and its armed forces or it is just a testing balloon to check the air. “It will be a disaster scenario and Pakistan would not hesitate to use all its power to react immediately against any foreign aggression,” the sources added.
NBC News reported on Thursday that The United States was preparing for a potential operation to take control of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons should they appear vulnerable.
NBC News added that the “planning is taking place amid repeated statements by senior U.S. military officials that they have confidence in the security of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.”
NBC quoted ex-White House Deputy Counter-Terrorism Director Roger Cressey as saying that “It’s safe to assume that planning for the worst-case scenario regarding Pakistan nukes has (already) taken place inside the U.S. government”. “This issue remains one of the highest priorities of the U.S. intelligence community ... and the White House,” he added.