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Ex-ISI chief: Nuke India if necessary
Press
TV
Monday, Feb 2, 2009
Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief
Hamid Gul says Islamabad should not hesitate to use nuclear
weapons against New Delhi.
"It is the matter of country's defense and existence,
therefore, Pakistan should never be hesitant to use its atomic
capabilities if need arises," a Press TV correspondent
quoted Gul as saying on Sunday.
The ex-ISI chief who was speaking at the "Defense of Pakistan"
conference held in Islamabad added that Pakistan's inferior
military might would trigger the need for the use of nuclear
weapons.
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Gul further hinted that India had deployed 26 intelligence
officers in restive Swat Valley and Kurram Agency in northwestern
Pakistan, disguised as Taliban militants.
"It will not be easy for US and India to launch an attack
on Pakistan as they are bound to face various challenges,"
he said, arguing that Islamabad has several other options as
well.
Regarding the deployment of 20,000 US troops in Afghanistan
along Pakistan's border areas, Gull said that Pakistan should
ask the US to set a timeframe for the troops' withdrawal from
Afghanistan.
Tension mounted between the two nuclear-armed neighbors after
a series of ten coordinated terror attacks rocked India's largest
city of Mumbai in late November.
India holds Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba responsible for
the attacks that left 170 people - including 22 foreigners -
killed and 300 more injured.
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