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Arrested American men may have plotted nuclear terrorist attack

Detained Americans had nuclear power site map, say Pakistan police Guardian.co.uk 27 Dec 09
Police are trying to determine whether five Americans detained in Pakistan had planned to attack a complex that houses nuclear power facilities.

The young Muslim men, who are from the Washington DC area, were arrested in Pakistan earlier this month. Pakistani police and government officials have made a series of escalating and, at times, seemingly contradictory claims about the men’s intentions. US officials have been far more cautious, but they, too, are looking at charging the men.

A Pakistani government official alleged on Saturday that the men had established contact with Taliban commanders and had planned to attack sites in Pakistan…………
The men allegedly had a map of Chashma Barrage, a complex that along with nuclear power facilities houses a water reservoir and other structures,……………

Pakistan has an arsenal of nuclear weapons, but also has nuclear power plants for civilian purposes.

Any nuclear activity in Pakistan tends to come under US scrutiny after the main architect of its atomic weapons programme, Abdul Qadeer Khan, was accused of leaking sensitive nuclear secrets.

Detained Americans had nuclear power site map, say Pakistan police | World news | The Guardian

December 27, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radioactive