NEW JERSEY, JULY 26 - A Saudi website has claimed
that the Kingdom is conducting a secret nuclear program with
the help of Pakistani scientists.
According to Sawt Al-Salam, several nuclear
scientists from Pakistan, posing as 'pilgrims', entered
Saudi Arabia for Hajj during the period 2003-2005 and were
transferred from Mecca to Riyadh and Jeddah to participate
in and make extensive plans for a Saudi nuclear weapons program.
The website also claimed that Saudi scientists have been
working since the mid-1990s in Pakistan.
Pakistan became a nuclear power in May 1998 in spite of
international pressures - a tit-for-tat against India's
nuclear tests.
The US government imposed sweeping sanctions on Pakistan.
In the 1970's when the executed Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto launched Pakistan's highly secretive and clandestine
effort to acquire 'nuclear technology' for military
purposes, the world had euphemized it as an attempt to create
"Islamic Bomb'.
Some observers think it my be a revisit to 'Islamize' the
news.
Bhutto was hanged by Gen Zia in April 1979 for allegedly
ordering a political opponent's murder.
According to Fars (Iranian news agency), the Saudi website
Sawt quoted German security officials as saying,
"Saudi Arabia began its nuclear program in the 1990s, and
especially after Pakistan joined the 'nuclear club' in
1998."
It also quoted John Pike, a US military analyst, as saying
that Saudi Arabia purchased advanced equipment, which have
usage in nuclear programs, from Pakistan and paid full cost
for them.
Some observers question the credibility of the article on
the Saudi Arabic website, given the authorities tight
control on news media and internet. "It appears to be
disinformation," said one Pakistani analyst.
Sawt Al-Salam also quoted the American military analyst as saying
that Saudi barcodes can be found on half of Pakistan’s
nuclear weapons because "Saudi Arabia co-financed the
Pakistani atomic nuclear program".
The website also said satellite images indicate the Kingdom
has set up a base in Al-Sulaiyil, south of Riyadh, a secret
underground city and dozens of underground silos for
missiles.
The website also reported that a number of London- and
Washington-based Saudi dissidents confirmed the news. "The
Saudi government had gathered a great number of Iraqi
nuclear scientists in southern Riyadh and built for them
special residential complexes to conduct nuclear studies
there."
The Iraqi scientists, says the website, advised Saudi Arabia not to disclose
its nuclear program even to its main ally, the United
States.
The website reported that they also suggested the Kingdom
build its nuclear laboratories below newly-constructed
prisons.
The website cited Saudi Arabia's huge funds allocated to
construction of prisons as a proof for the claim, stressing
that Riyadh has allotted close to $1.6 billion for the
projects.
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