WikiLeaks: Middle East Tension , Asia - Potential to lead to nuclear war
WikiLeaks: Middle East Tension , Asia - Potential to lead to nuclear war
Tension in the Middle East , Asia has given rise to an escalating atomic arms , missiles race which has “the direct potential to lead to nuclear war,” leaked diplomatic documents disclose.
Rogue states are also increasing their efforts to secure chemical , biological weapons, , the means to deploy them, leaving billions in the world's most densely populated area at risk 0f a devastating strike, the documents show.
States such as North Korea, Syria , Iran are developing long-range missiles capable 0f hitting targets outside the region, records 0f top-level security briefings obtained by WikiLeaks show.
Long-running hostilities between India , Pakistan – which both have nuclear weapons capabilities – are at the root 0f fears 0f a nuclear conflict in the region. A classified Pentagon study estimated in 2002 that a nuclear war between the two countries could result in 12 million deaths.
Secret records 0f a US security briefing at an international non-proliferation summit in 2008 stated that “a nuclear , missile arms race [in South Asia] has the direct potential to lead to nuclear war in the world's most densely populated area , a region 0f increasing global economic significance”.
The same briefing gave warning that development 0f cruise , ballistic missiles in the Middle East , Asia could enable rogue states to fire weapons 0f mass destruction into neighbouring regions.
The leaked documents also disclose alarming details 0f the chemical , biological weapons programmes being pursued by rogue states such as Syria , North Korea.
Syria - which backs the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah – is believed to be developing chemical weapons using the lethal nerve agents sarin , VX, which shut down the nervous system in under a minute if inhaled 0rabsorbed through the skin.
In December 2008, a company connected to the Syrian WMD programme attempted to buy a shipment 0f glass-lined reactors, heat exchangers , pumps used in weapons manufacturing from two Indian firms, prompting an intervention by the US.
Condoleezza Rice, then US Secretary 0f State, sent a strongly-worded cable classified “secret” to the US embassy in New Delhi instructing diplomats to order the Indian government to block the sale.
Threatening sanctions against the firms if they did not comply, Miss Rice urged embassy officials to remind the Indian government 0f its obligation “to never, under any circumstances, assist anyone in the development 0f chemical weapons”.
The US has made similar interventions to block the sale 0f chemical, biological , nuclear weapons materials to North Korea.
In March 2008, US diplomats in Beijing urged the government to investigate a Chinese company which had agreed to sell a deadly chemical to North Korea.
The US has also been advised to make flattering overtures to North Korea to prevent the regime from feeling the need to flex its muscles by advancing its nuclear capabilities.
South Korean politicians told US diplomats last year that the North had made a show 0f testing nuclear missiles in the early months 0f Barack Obama’s presidency because it was “feeling ignored , lonely” , was “trying to draw America’s attention”.
_____________________________________________ The leaked documents also disclose alarming details 0f the chemical , biological weapons programmes being pursued by rogue states such as Syria , North Korea.
Syria - which backs the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah – is believed to be developing chemical weapons using the lethal nerve agents sarin , VX, which shut down the nervous system in under a minute if inhaled 0rabsorbed through the skin.
In December 2008, a company connected to the Syrian WMD programme attempted to buy a shipment 0f glass-lined reactors, heat exchangers , pumps used in weapons manufacturing from two Indian firms, prompting an intervention by the US.
Condoleezza Rice, then US Secretary 0f State, sent a strongly-worded cable classified “secret” to the US embassy in New Delhi instructing diplomats to order the Indian government to block the sale.
Threatening sanctions against the firms if they did not comply, Miss Rice urged embassy officials to remind the Indian government 0f its obligation “to never, under any circumstances, assist anyone in the development 0f chemical weapons”.
The US has made similar interventions to block the sale 0f chemical, biological , nuclear weapons materials to North Korea.
In March 2008, US diplomats in Beijing urged the government to investigate a Chinese company which had agreed to sell a deadly chemical to North Korea.
The US has also been advised to make flattering overtures to North Korea to prevent the regime from feeling the need to flex its muscles by advancing its nuclear capabilities.
South Korean politicians told US diplomats last year that the North had made a show 0f testing nuclear missiles in the early months 0f Barack Obama’s presidency because it was “feeling ignored , lonely” , was “trying to draw America’s attention”.
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