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- 29 Jun 2008 19:21
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Iran News and Discussions
- Replies: 3300
- Views: 588783
Re: Iran News and Discussions - 11 December 2007
turcopolier on the logistics of an attack on Iran.
- 29 Jun 2008 19:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Iran News and Discussions
- Replies: 3300
- Views: 588783
- 31 Oct 2007 14:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: IRAQ-Current Continuing Conflict
- Replies: 305
- Views: 68925
Echoes of Pakistan's efforts to "liberate" Kashmir, except now the US is directly involved:
http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=11828
Who's Behind the PKK?
http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=11828
Who's Behind the PKK?
- 09 Apr 2007 04:00
- Forum: Religion Discussion Archive
- Topic: Religion Thread - 10
- Replies: 377
- Views: 194530
- 09 Apr 2007 03:51
- Forum: Religion Discussion Archive
- Topic: Religion Thread - 10
- Replies: 377
- Views: 194530
Are you an agnostic hindu? Agnostic implies something about belief. The Indian traditions are not about belief. E.g., nowhere in the Mahabharata, which is a story that is supposed to instruct one about dharma, is there a discussion of belief. There is no Hindu creed. One either follows a tradition ...
- 09 Apr 2007 03:42
- Forum: Religion Discussion Archive
- Topic: Religion Thread - 10
- Replies: 377
- Views: 194530
Governing with a Biblical point-of-view. http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/12/a_nation_under_god.html [quote]Gary North wrote in 1982, in an effort to reach Baptists,“We must use the doctrine of religious liberty…until we train up a generation of people who know that there is no relig...
- 08 Apr 2007 22:39
- Forum: Religion Discussion Archive
- Topic: Religion Thread - 10
- Replies: 377
- Views: 194530
American theocrats
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/ ... v-how.html
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/ ... v-how.html
- 15 Mar 2007 04:59
- Forum: Religion Discussion Archive
- Topic: Religion Thread 1
- Replies: 342
- Views: 131567
- 28 May 2006 06:20
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 132977
- 27 May 2006 21:10
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Rogue nuke out of Pakistan - article by KS and reactions
- Replies: 276
- Views: 132977
< hint >What moves would make the cost highest for a jihadi who is concerned about the spread of Islam and Islamism and is not concerned about pain or death on any scale. < /hint > Enough hard power to keep the people who control the jihadis in check - this includes sufficient Indian power to safeg...
- 18 Apr 2006 01:02
- Forum: News Folders Archive
- Topic: Indian Navy - News Folder - April 2006
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8477
- 24 Aug 2005 04:11
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Cruise Missile Test in Pakistan: Final Thread
- Replies: 89
- Views: 50363
Continuing on: Wow... Did they want to provoke America also? Unlikely, well atleast not directly, I suspect that the US went along with this little drama because they felt that a secure leadership in Islamabad was preferable to an insecure one. From today's NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/in...
- 14 Aug 2005 02:54
- Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
- Topic: Cruise Missile Test in Pakistan: News and Discussions
- Replies: 381
- Views: 137344
- 04 Apr 2005 17:22
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 31 March 2005
- Replies: 329
- Views: 120511
- 04 Apr 2005 06:23
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 31 March 2005
- Replies: 329
- Views: 120511
- 12 Feb 2005 18:41
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: We have Nukes: DPRK - Strategic Impact Analysis
- Replies: 54
- Views: 27063
- 12 Mar 2004 21:57
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Shaheen 2 - proliferation unlimited?
- Replies: 128
- Views: 53362
Re: Shaheen 2 - proliferation unlimited?
Originally posted by sunil s: I would really appreciate it if people read this post. Sunil, I see Saudi Arabia as being less capable of reform than Pakistan. Sitting on the world's largest reserves of oil,they are extremely unlikely to go bankrupt any time. They are extremely dangerous, and GOTUS t...
- 11 Mar 2004 05:02
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Shaheen 2 - proliferation unlimited?
- Replies: 128
- Views: 53362
Re: Shaheen 2 - proliferation unlimited?
Chitral : 35:51N, 71:50E Gwadar : 25:07N 62:20E Distance as crow flies : 1497 km. The great circle probably includes overflight over Afghanistan. Pakistan's Exclusive Economic Zone extends 200 nautical miles, so they could really have done only around 1820 km if they remained over their own territor...
- 28 Feb 2004 06:09
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
- Replies: 334
- Views: 105666
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
And a few statements about deducing the neutron fluxes the samp;le has been subjected to....Originally posted by Johann:
Mostly about identifying fissile material seized before a nuclear explosion.
- 28 Feb 2004 05:01
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
- Replies: 334
- Views: 105666
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Originally posted by Johann: How seriously you wish to take arguments about the age of the plutonium based on fallout may depend on what you think about the accuracy and precision of the design information the analyst had for the bomb that produced the sample. http://www.llnl.gov/tid/lof/documents/...
- 21 Feb 2004 22:51
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
- Replies: 334
- Views: 105666
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 20 Feb 2004
Nuc. Phys. and Phys. Rev. are generally considered top-notch; especially Nuc. Phys. B.
- 20 Feb 2004 02:47
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004
- Replies: 333
- Views: 97906
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004
Cross-post from Indo-US thread:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Nuclear-Trader.html
AP: Accused Nuke Trader Also Helped India
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Nuclear-Trader.html
AP: Accused Nuke Trader Also Helped India
- 16 Feb 2004 16:29
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004
- Replies: 333
- Views: 97906
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 11 Feb 2004
Our friend Stephen P Cohen spinning and spinning away, on why we should believe that Pakistan's military didn't know what AQ Khan was doing. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/16/opinion/16COHE.html Strategically, it is unlikely that the Pakistani Army — let alone intelligence officials — would have dir...
- 11 Feb 2004 03:52
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 07 Feb 2004
- Replies: 354
- Views: 105315
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 07 Feb 2004
Originally posted by Johann: There is no evidence Pakistan had the fissile material to spare. In any case it is unlikely that Iran or Libya would have been willing to have their deterrent permanently dependent on the Pakistanis. Johann, what constitutes "fissile material to spare"? Where ...
- 10 Feb 2004 22:26
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 07 Feb 2004
- Replies: 354
- Views: 105315
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 07 Feb 2004
If one believes that Dr A.Q Khan's proliferation was a private affair, with no official involvement of Paki government/military, then one must postulate that North Korea sold missiles/missiles technology to Pakistan for considerations other than nuclear help (e.g, cash or foodgrain); and that Dr. Kh...
- 10 Feb 2004 19:45
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 07 Feb 2004
- Replies: 354
- Views: 105315
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 07 Feb 2004
Originally posted by SaiP: Originally posted by Nandu: Hoagland>> Pakistan's Nuclear Ali Baba Er... Ali Baba was the good guy, not the thief! Yea, he is. Just like people think Frankenstein is the monster. 'Open Sesame' Ali Baba did clear out the thieves' cave of all its loot. While stealing from t...
- 08 Feb 2004 22:56
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 07 Feb 2004
- Replies: 354
- Views: 105315
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 07 Feb 2004
From the past :
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/clifford.htm
I don't think the long defunct BCCI has great political dangers for current US Gov. folks, and it is going to be more of "how could those past administrations have been so blind?" rather than "how corrupt".
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/clifford.htm
I don't think the long defunct BCCI has great political dangers for current US Gov. folks, and it is going to be more of "how could those past administrations have been so blind?" rather than "how corrupt".
- 04 Feb 2004 23:01
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 31 Jan 2004
- Replies: 324
- Views: 93813
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 31 Jan 2004
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is the official US army policy (regarding gays), and now this is the official State Department policy regarding Pakistan :) The rule is that WMD proliferation exists if and only if the US Dept of State or Defence says so :) In the meantime, we can hope for some leak...
- 10 Jan 2004 20:07
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 25 Dec 2003
- Replies: 332
- Views: 125471
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 25 Dec 2003
Originally posted by John Umrao: mohan raju>> you are on the dot, then there was the spin that Indian tests vented and the samples obtained over Chagai were actually Indian Pu. In the ancient city tubelightabad, anything spins. Then wallace came down charging shouting Indian Fusion failed, Indian t...
- 23 Dec 2003 03:09
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 14 Jan 2003
- Replies: 340
- Views: 91700
Re: Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation - 14 Jan 2003
http://www.nci.org/t/t102287.htm Let me conclude by emphasizing that the United States' credibility is on the line. Although the President of Pakistan has publicly stated that his country is not producing weaponsgrade uranium, in fact U.S. intelligence information shows that this is not the case. O...
- 27 Nov 2003 19:15
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Addressing Self Determination
- Replies: 40
- Views: 48629
Re: Addressing Self Determination
In the UN resolution that is mentioned at the head of the thread, China voted in favor of the right of self-determination. Yet it threatens war if Taiwan crosses "a red line" and exercises its right of self-determination. http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/11/27/taiwan.vote/index.h...
- 24 Nov 2003 09:14
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Addressing Self Determination
- Replies: 40
- Views: 48629
Re: Addressing Self Determination
The UN's record of its proceedings is as follows (and shows how dorky the Indian media is!) http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/gashc3770.doc.htm The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) approved 10 draft resolutions today on human rights questions, the right to self-determination ...
- 22 Nov 2003 21:09
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Addressing Self Determination
- Replies: 40
- Views: 48629
Re: Addressing Self Determination
Amusing is UN General Resolution A/RES/58/7 : Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly This had a recorded vote. Voting Summary Yes: 179, No: 3, Abstentions: 2, Non-Voting: 7...
- 22 Nov 2003 20:59
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Addressing Self Determination
- Replies: 40
- Views: 48629
Re: Addressing Self Determination
"The majority of General Assembly resolutions are adopted without a vote. If a vote is taken, it can be documented in two ways: either as a recorded vote or as a summary of the result. Only a recorded vote, which must be requested before the voting is conducted, will clearly identify the stand ...
- 22 Nov 2003 20:42
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Addressing Self Determination
- Replies: 40
- Views: 48629
Re: Addressing Self Determination
http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?Open&DS=A/RES/57/197&Lang=E The resolution passed in this 58th General Assembly is basically 57/197 (resolution 197 of the 57th Assembly), and it refers to 56/141, which contains much the same language, and it refers to 55/85. 55/85 in turn refers to...
- 22 Nov 2003 20:29
- Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
- Topic: Addressing Self Determination
- Replies: 40
- Views: 48629
Re: Addressing Self Determination
IMO, lobbying against Pakistan regarding this UN General Assembly resolution, and post-resolution, making a fuss about it is a mistake. For some perspective, all the nations of the world are party to the UN Declaration of Human Rights. How meaningful is it? Why are Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria stil...
- 01 Sep 2003 07:26
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistani Nuclear Thresholds
- Replies: 224
- Views: 79457
Re: Pakistani Nuclear Thresholds
Originally posted by Mohan Raju: FWIW, we are getting this same dorkish line of garbage now, after the two bomb attacks in Mumbai and after the train burnings in Godhra: It's all caused by injustice. Indians (i.e. non-Muslim Indians) should stop and ask themselves: where have we gone wrong, and wha...
- 30 Aug 2003 23:29
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistani Nuclear Thresholds
- Replies: 224
- Views: 79457
Re: Pakistani Nuclear Thresholds
Originally posted by Rajesh_G: Maybe the reasons are much simpler. Taliban + OBL did not need WMD before, why should they need them now ? All they need is a state sponsorship. Afghanistan cannot give that to OBL due to US troops nor can pakistan as long as Mush is in power. As long as Mush cooperat...
- 30 Aug 2003 22:11
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistani Nuclear Thresholds
- Replies: 224
- Views: 79457
Re: Pakistani Nuclear Thresholds
Sriman, your post illustrates that the US cozied up to whomever served its interests, no matter how nasty. It also illustrates that the US turned sharply against former "allies" when they no longer served its interests. E.g, Iraq fighting Iran was very much what the US wanted to happen, an...
- 30 Aug 2003 21:46
- Forum: Nuclear Issues Archive
- Topic: Pakistani Nuclear Thresholds
- Replies: 224
- Views: 79457
Re: Pakistani Nuclear Thresholds
OK, lets invert the question : what are the US redlines vis-a-vis Pakistan? These are not redlines : 1. Support of Taliban 2. Hosting of Al Qaeda 3. Perhaps even being managers of 9/11 4. Helping N. Korea with nukes. 5. Helping Iran with nukes. 6. Continuing to destabilize Afghanistan 7. Failing to ...