When a quarter million Western and Afghan troops confront al-Qaeda, the Taliban and whatever jihadi fighters they can muster from around the Muslim world – all in proximity to Pakistan’s nuclear stockpile – what will be the result?
According to Sateh Noureddine, columnist for Lebanon’s As Satif, that moment is fast approaching. He writes in part:
“The battle will pit the armies of the superpower and its allies against the most violent and radical of Islamist groups, in the vicinity of storage sites of the only nuclear weapons in the world not subject to the control of a strong central government or tight international supervision … neither side can settle this vicious war without having to resort to nuclear weapons, which are unlikely to remain a mere deterrent, as at any moment they could turn into true battlefield weapons and force open the road to heaven sought so long by both the Americans and Islamists.”
By Sateh Noureddine
Translated By Fadil Aziz Farrag
April 24, 2009
Lebanon- As Safir – Original Article (Arabic)
The day of reckoning is fast approaching. At this moment, there is no doubt that this idea is what dominates the minds of the world’s most powerful and influential men: U.S. President Barack Obama and al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The two are preparing for a new and grinding war, using the most lethal and destructive types of weapons, which is likely to escalate beyond the present theater of operations centering on that tough mountainous region along the Afghan-Pakistan border to include a number of other parts of the world.
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