Saudi Arabia secretly getting nuclear weapons from Pakistan

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Berlin: Saudi Arabia is working secretly on a nuclear programme, with help from Pakistani experts, the German magazine Cicero reports in its latest edition, citing western security sources.

It says that during the Haj pilgrimages to Mecca in 2003 through 2005, Pakistani scientists posed as pilgrims to come to Saudi Arabia in aircraft laid on by the oil-rich kingdom.

Between October 2004 and January 2005, some of them took the opportunity to "disappear" from their hotel rooms, sometimes for up to three weeks, it quoted German security expert Udo Ulfkotte as saying.

According to western security services, the magazine added, Saudi scientists have been working since the mid-1990s in Pakistan, a nuclear power since 1998 thanks to the work of the now-disgraced Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.

http://www.india-defence.com/reports/1637

[acmavm]

1. Our allies wouldn't do anything like that behind our backs,

would they? I mean, we gotta nuke the hell out of Iran for this kind of behavior, don't we? Shouldn't that tell all them uppity Middle Eastern countries that THE US AND ISRAEL decide who gets to have nukes, shouldn't it?

:sarcasm:

[BlooInBloo]

2. Permissible to ask for INDEPENDENT verification?

Ie, from a source that's not named something like "india-defence"?

[HereSince1628]

3. Here is a mention from a Romanian news agency...

http://www.mediafax.ro/english/articole-free/Saudis--With-Pakistani-Help--Working-On-Nuclear-Programme-471054-9.html

Don't ask me about it's credibility. I make no claims.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Same source as the OP - but thx!

[Taxloss]

4. Well, the Huffington post reported that the Saudis had some "dirty" bombs

It was their first "exclusive", on the first day of operation. I can't vouch for its provenance.

Link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2005/05/09/huffington-post-ex_n_480.html

[BlooInBloo]

6. Hm. Wonder if that book IS the ultimate source for the german article...