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Pakistan Builds Nuclear Reactors In Karachi, Sparking Fears of Disaster
schwit1 writes World leaders have fretted for years that terrorists may try to steal one of Pakistan's nuclear bombs and detonate it in a foreign country. But some Karachi residents say the real nuclear nightmare is unfolding here in Pakistan's largest and most volatile city. Of all places to locate a nuclear reactor, they argue, who could possibly make a case for this one — on an earthquake-prone seafront vulnerable to tsunamis and not far from where al-Qaeda militants nearly hijacked a Pakistan navy vessel last fall.
...not a bug.
Glad to see a mod on her toes in modding thearent trol!
After all, Bin Laden had a nice urban apartement in Pakistan, was all reformed and the Pakistan governement knew thus and wanted him to get a break.
but no. Those war mongering Americans had to go and shoot that poor man just because he allegedly was some sort of terrorist mastermind.
This must be the most moronic article I've read in a long time.
3/4 of the way down the text it says the only relevant piece of information: "Minhaj said concerns about the effect of a tsunami are also overblown because the new reactors are being built on a rock ledge about 39 feet above sea level."
That's 12m above the sea. The tsunami generated by a mag 9.0 earthquake is expected to be between 0.9m and 7m high - so the plant will have 5m margin ABOVE THE WORST CASE.
Shut up everyone, you've been lied to.
The al-Qaeda militants would probably scale a mountain to try and reach this reactor. It really doesn't matter if it's build near a military base or near a Saudi royals palace. It's a target.
What you do however is treat that nuclear plant like a major asset, and have military garrison around it. Deter al-Qaeda, deter Greenpeace, deter crazy assholes in general. Why not deter your own corrupt military officers from trying to sieze you by the balls in the process?
It's being built 20 miles outside Karachi. Describing it as being 'in Karachi' is like describing something in Covington as being 'in New Orleans'.
And for those who don't live in the area, Covington is across Lake Ponchartrain from New Orleans.
"I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
Of all places to locate a nuclear reactor, they argue, who could possibly make a case for this one
Presumably, the engineers who considered the location and decided it would be safe. Did they make a mistake? Who cares -- journalism!!!
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
He had one cosy relationship with the Bushes too.
Are the Bushes terrorist aiders too, or is the mere acceptance of an extremely wealthy family and their members by political leaders merely one of the benefits of multi-billionaire status?
Pakistan governement knew thus and wanted him to get a break
There is no real government in Pakistan . The army makes the important decisions . They can take over the parliament any time of the day . And the pakistani army is infested with islamic extremeist officers who have close links with all the other islamic jolly fellas
is it the town that was featured in COD4?
Hmm. Must be some whacko definition of "you're wrong, you should end your life you so thick" where you say I was right, the Bushes WERE big pals with the BinLaden family because they had billions of dollars, but that doesn't count BECAUSE IT WAS OIL MONEY.
Quite how oil money means it's not actually money remains a mystery to humanity, though it's obviously well understood in whatever species you occupy...
but some of their loyalties are divided, and in secret
and with so much sectarian hatred, political instability, and poverty in that country, i fear that the most probable scenario for a purposeful nuclear attack in this world (so not accidental, probably plant sabotage) will be in pakistan
i don't think the west has anything to fear. i think india does somewhat. but i think pakistanis have the most to fear by far
there is a lot of bloodlust over there. and not the random yahoo kind, but the organized sectarian kind
i fear for you pakistan
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
is grasping for straws, this might be it. This could be what the U.S gov tries to use to launch its next illegal invasion and murder-spree, on Pakistan, a country the U.S gov has wanted to erase for a long time.
Yes
Bin Laden was a CIA asset while fighting to eject the Soviets from Afghanistan.
Bin Laden, as one of 50+ children of the owner of a major Saudi construction firm that profited all through the oil expansion there, was strongly favored in inheriting a disproportionate amount from his father and ended up with over $300 million as a result. Much of this was expended building clinics and schools in the Afghan hinterland. The students of these madrassas were called Taliban, Pashto for "the students".
During the fight to eject the Soviets, Bin Laden was an ally under the usual terms of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". However, once the common enemy is dispatched by two allies-of-convenience, a power vacuum is created in the formerly disputed territory and was filled by Bin Laden and his allies, in part because as major combatants they are best poised, trained and equipped to take advantage of the chaos left by the withdrawal of an occupation force.
So even if Bin Laden was an ally during the Eighties, he was no longer a friend in the Nineties because we had no common enemy. To try to suggest that he was our ally is comparable to saying that the Soviets as our allies in WW II continued to be our allies throughout the Cold War.
After a victory against a common foe, the enemy of your enemy is no longer your friend and quite often does become your enemy.
...or maybe it's the perfect place to build such thing .... mouhahahahaha!
China is building this plant and China has never had a nuclear accident. It has to be safe.
I don't believe you. I don't belive anything Netanyahu hasn't told me is true.
There has already been a nuclear reactor plant in Pakistan Karachi since the 1972, supplied by the Canadian Gov; it's called the KANUPP-I and it's still in operation, but only generating 85MW of power (max power = 140MW), while the new reactor will generate up to 1000MW.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi_Nuclear_Power_Complex#KANUPP-I
It is safe. But just like a lot of other safe thing, you have to be somewhat inteligent in using it. It is still not a good idea to run with safety scissors just like its not a good idea to walk around the shady parts of nyc showing everyone you pass a wad of cash while asking them where you can find some crack cocaine.
Pakistan hates the terrorists living there as much as anyone else, they just can't get rid of them. To be fair, either could the US when it tried to get them out of Afghanistan.
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Bin Laden died non-violently of kidney failure in December 2001.
Poor A/C, what could possibly go wrong in state that asks the question, "Who murdered that nice old man Usama Bin Laden?"
Osama Bin Laden didn't blow up the WTC. IF you believe the official reports it was a bunch of Saudi's nationals. Did we go in and blow up Saudi Arabia. Nooo. We went and blew up Afghanistan and Iraq using money loaned to us from China. For those who do not know Afghanistan and Iraq had nothing to do with the WTC.
Knowing this, I automatically hold any lame brained conspiracy theory I read on the net with a much higher regard than I hold the official reports from CNN and Fox. Mainly because the mainstream news makes no fucking sense and Is totally insane. Noone thinks so because we have been bombarded with insanity soo long that it seems normal. If you take a step back and get the 1000 yard view, you realize the lunatics have a more coherent world outlook than the people running the asylum.
I'm going to shoot myself now.
It is safe. But just like a lot of other safe thing, you have to be somewhat inteligent in using it. It is still not a good idea to run with safety scissors just like its not a good idea to walk around the shady parts of nyc showing everyone you pass a wad of cash while asking them where you can find some crack cocaine.
"Nuclear power - not as dangerous as being a crack addict."
Cool bumper sticker.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
I mean, come on people, are we seriously still dealing with PWR's here?
Can someone please tell me WHY the fuck we are still dealing with old, 3rd generation, dirty fuel cycles, when we can have much better 4th generation fuel cycles that thwart nuclear proliferation and use a more more plentiful fuel (ie Thorium instead of Uranium)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor
Foolish humans
Glad to see a mod on her toes in modding thearent trol!
I would have modded it -1, Spelling, almost incoherent.
Osama Bin Laden didn't blow up the WTC. IF you believe the official reports it was a bunch of Saudi's nationals ...
... organized by, trained by, and paid by Osama bin Laden.
But you're right that Saudi Arabia is not our friend.
Pakistan is not a person. Some of the people living there hate the terrorists. Quite a few are terrorists themselves, esp. in Waziristan. Their government also has quite a few extremists, especially in ISI.