Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 11:36:36 -0400 (EDT) From: David Butz <dbmarley-AT-spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> Subject: Here we go... Act II SPECIAL ISSUE _____________ PAKISTAN RESPONDS TO INDIAN NUCLEAR THREAT Conducts Five (5) Nuclear Tests Pakistan has responded to Indian nuclear testing and mouting Indian threats of attack on Pakistan territory. Tests have been conducted after hours of receiving credible evidence of imminent Indian attack on Pakistan nuclear installations and continuing heavy by Indian forces at Line of Control (ceasefire line) in Azad Kashmir. The balance of power has been restored back to pre-May 11, 1998, the day India conducted its Nuclear testing. Heightened tensions are likely to ease as both country are now likely to go back to the negotiating table. However, in this attempt of self-defence against India Pakistan is likely to face discrimminatory sanctions. The sanctions on India have been relatively mild. 3. Nawaz Sharif Announces Nuclear ..................... from Meredith Buel/VOA from Meredith Buel/VOA Nawaz Sharif Announces Nuclear Tests DATE=5/28/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-232915 TITLE=PAK NUKE TEST (L) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD INTRO: PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF SAYS HIS COUNTRY HAS CONDUCTED FIVE NUCLEAR TESTS IN RESPONSE TO THE SAME NUMBER OF NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA. VOA ISLAMABAD CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS. TEXT: IN A NATIONALLY TELEVISED ADDRESS PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF ANNOUNCED PAKISTAN HAS SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT FIVE NUCLEAR TESTS. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS PAKISTAN HAS NOW BECOME A NUCLEAR POWER. MR. SHARIF CALLED THE TESTS THE RESULT OF A "STRONG AND BOLD DECISION." THE TESTS WERE CARRIED OUT IN THE CHAGAI REGION OF PAKISTAN'S SOUTHWESTERN BALUCHISTAN PROVINCE. IN ADDITION TO ITS NUCLEAR TESTS PAKISTAN HAS DEPLOYED ITS INTERMEDIATE RANGE GHAURI MISSILE. THE GHAURI MISSILE IS CAPABLE OF TRAVELING 15-HUNDRED KILOMETERS AND CARRYING A PAYLOAD OF 700-KILOGRAMS. OFFICIALS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES TRIED TO PERSUADE PAKISTAN NOT TO TEST A NUCLEAR DEVICE. PRIME MINISTER SHARIF HAS FACED INTENSE DOMESTIC PRESSURE TO RESPOND TO INDIA'S FIVE NUCLEAR TESTS. THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES WILL SLAP ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON PAKISTAN FOR CONDUCTING THE TESTS. IN HIS TELEVISED ADDRESS PRIME MINISTER SHARIF TOLD PAKISTANIS HARD TIMES ARE AHEAD BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS. WESTERN NATIONS ARE CONCERNED PAKISTAN AND INDIA'S TESTS COULD SPARK A NUCLEAR WEAPONS RACE IN SOUTH ASIA. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TESTS CAME HOURS AFTER PAKISTAN WARNED INDIA AGAINST ANY ATTACK ON ITS NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS. A FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT SAYS SUCH AN ATTACK WILL WARRANT A "SWIFT AND MASSIVE RETALIATION WITH UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES." THE STATEMENT SAYS ISLAMABAD HAS RECEIVED "CREDIBLE INFORMATION" OF A POSSIBLE ATTACK BY INDIA ON ITS NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS. THE STATEMENT SAYS THE INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO ISLAMABAD WAS SUMMONED TO THE FOREIGN MINISTRY AND WARNED AGAINST ANY SUCH ATTACKS. THE STATEMENT SAYS IMMEDIATE MESSAGES WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. 4. Pakistan Underground Nuclear .......................... from Jim Randle/VOA from Jim Randle/VOA Pakistan Underground Nuclear Tests DATE=5/28/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-232908 TITLE=PAK TEST MONITORING (S) BYLINE=JIM RANDLE DATELINE=WASHINGTON INTRO: PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT SAYS THE SOUTH ASIAN NATION EXPLODED TWO NUCLEAR WEAPONS AT AN UNDERGROUND TEST SITE. THE MOVE FOLLOWS FIVE NUCLEAR TESTS BY NEIGHBOR AND RIVAL INDIA. V-O-A'S JIM RANDLE REPORTS, OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON ARE WORKING TO CONFIRM THE LONG-EXPECTED TEST. TEXT: PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED INDEPENDENT CONFIRMATION OF THE PAKISTANI TESTS, AND A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS THEY ARE ACTIVLY SEEKING SCIENTIFIC VERIFICATION. NUCLEAR WEAPONS EXPERTS SAY SUCH TESTS SEND SEISMIC WAVES THAT CAN DETECTED AROUND THE GLOBE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. THEY SAY IT TAKES SOME TIME AND COMPUTER POWER TO ANALYZE THE DATA TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EARTHQUAKE AND A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THE EARLIER NUCLEAR TESTS IN INDIA WERE DETECTED BY MORE THAN 100 SEISMIC MONITORS IN A GLOBAL NETWORK OF SEVERAL HUNDRED. EXPERTS SAY A NUCLEAR BLAST EQUIVALENT TO ONE THOUSAND TONS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE WOULD SHOW UP AS A SEISMIC EVENT OF ABOUT FOUR POINT ONE ON THE RICHTER EARTHQUAKE MEASURINIG SCALE. 5. Pakistan Tests Confirmed ........................... from David Gollust/VOA from David Gollust/VOA Pakistan Tests Confirmed DATE=5/28/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-232912 TITLE=U-S REACT/PAKISTAN (S) BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE INTRO: U-S OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE INDEPENDENT CONFIRMATION OF THE PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS, AND THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON IS DISAPPOINTED AND VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PAKISTAN'S ACTIONS. V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST REPORTS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. TEXT: OFFICIALS HERE SAY THE TESTS OCCURRED DESPITE A MIDNIGHT WASHINGTON TIME TELEPHONE CALL BY PRESIDENT CLINTON TO PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF IMPLORING HIM NOT TO PROCEED. SPOKESMAN MIKE MCCURRY SAID MR. CLINTON IS DISAPPOINTED THAT HIS PLEAS AND THOSE OF OTHER WORLD LEADERS FOR PAKISTAN TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT IN THE FACE OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR TESTS WERE NOT PERSUASIVE. AT THE SAME TIME, HE SAID THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THE DIFFICULTY PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT FACES AND HAS GREAT PERSONAL RESPECT FOR MR. SHARIF. MR. MCCURRY SAID UNDER U-S NON-PROLIFERATION LAW, THE ADMINISTRATION WILL MOVE AHEAD IMMEDIATELY WITH THE SAME SWEEPING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS IT IMPOSED UPON INDIA AND -- THE SPOKESMAN SAID -- THERE WILL BE REAL CONSEQUENCES. 6. Pakistan Nukes: Indian Reaction ....................... from Jim Teeple/VOA from Jim Teeple/VOA Pakistan Nukes: Indian Reaction DATE=5/28/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-232916 TITLE=PAK NUKE/INDIA REACT (L) BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE DATELINE=NEW DELHI INTRO: INDIA REACTED QUICKLY TO WORD OF THE PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS. NEWS OF THE OF THE TESTS SURPRISED MANY IN THE INDIAN CAPITAL, AS WE HEAR FROM V-O-A'S JIM TEEPLE IN NEW DELHI. TEXT: PRIME MINISTER ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE WAS ADDRESSING A SESSION OF THE LOWER HOUSE OF THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT WHEN NEWS OF THE PAKISTANI DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED. // INSERT HINDI ACTUALITY OF VAJPAYEE // MR. VAJPAYEE TOLD LAWMAKERS THE PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS VINDICATED HIS DECISION TWO WEEKS AGO TO DETONATE FIVE NUCLEAR DEVICES. LAWMAKERS IMMEDIATELY ERUPTED IN SHOUTING AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT MR. VAJPAYEE APPEALED FOR UNITY IN THE FACE OF WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS AN OUTSIDE THREAT. COMMODORE UDAY BHASKAR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS IN NEW DELHI SAYS BOTH THE PAKISTANI AND THE INDIAN NUCLEAR TESTS SHOULD BE SEEN IN THEIR PROPER CONTEXT. // INSERT BHASKAR ACTUALITY // A NUCLEAR TEST BY ITSELF SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS DESTABILIZING. THIS HAS TO PLACED IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT. OVER THE LAST FIFTY YEARS THE WORLD HAS WITNESSED ABOUT 22-HUNDRED NUCLEAR TESTS. THE U-S HAS CONDUCTED ABOUT 12-HUNDRED, THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, NOW RUSSIA, HAS 900, FRANCE, 210 AND CHINA 45. SO THEREFORE ONE HAS TO SEE THE NUCLEAR TESTS IN A LARGER POLITICAL CONTEXT. // END ACTUALITY // COMMODORE BHASKAR SAYS NOW THAT PAKISTAN HAS CONDUCTED ITS OWN NUCLEAR TESTS BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE A CHANCE TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS -- TO EASE THE TENSIONS WHICH HAVE GRIPPED BOTH INDIA AND PAKISTAN RECENTLY. 7. Pakistan to Retaliate if Attacked .................. from Meredith Buel/VOA from Meredith Buel/VOA Pakistan to Retaliate if Attacked DATE=5/28/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-232900 TITLE=PAK / INDIA / UPDATE (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD INTRO: PAKISTAN IS WARNING INDIA ANY ATTACK ON ITS NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS WILL WARRANT A SWIFT AND MASSIVE RETALIATION. AS V-O-A ISLAMABAD CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS, SOURCES SAY PAKISTAN IS STEPPING UP SECURITY AT ITS NUCLEAR SITES AND HAS BEGUN DEPLOYING INTERMEDIATE-RANGE MISSILES. TEXT: A STATEMENT FROM THE PAKISTAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS ISLAMABAD HAS RECEIVED "CREDIBLE INFORMATION" OF A POSSIBLE ATTACK BY INDIA ON ITS NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS. THE STATEMENT SAYS THE INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO ISLAMABAD WAS SUMMONED TO THE FOREIGN MINISTRY AND TOLD ANY SUCH ATTACK WOULD WARRANT A "SWIFT AND MASSIVE RETALIATION -- WITH UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES." THE STATEMENT SAYS IMMEDIATE MESSAGES WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. SOURCES WHO ASKED NOT TO BE IDENTIFIED SAY PAKISTAN IS STEPPING UP SECURITY AT ITS NUCLEAR SITES. SOURCES ALSO SAY PAKISTAN HAS BEGUN DEPLOYING ITS INTERMEDIATE-RANGE GHAURI MISSILES. THE MOVES COME AMID EVIDENCE PAKISTAN IS MAKING FINAL PREPARATIONS TO CONDUCT A NUCLEAR TEST. U-S OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO PERSUADE PAKISTAN NOT TO TEST A NUCLEAR DEVICE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS MOUNTING PRESSURE ON ISLAMABAD TO MATCH INDIA'S NUCLEAR TESTS. --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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