I just came across this story and it seems that there are now attempts to improve the port/coastal security issue. <a HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/12/international/middleeast/12HOME.html">U.S. Expands Plan for Cargo Inspections at Foreign Ports</a> In regards to Pakistan & the security issues concerning their weapons program. <a HREF="http://www.isis-online.org/publications/terrorism/stanleypaper.html">Securing Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Complex*</a> <a href="http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2001/11/5/7s.html">Pakistan: U.S. Offers Nuclear Safety Assistance to Pakistan</a> al Qaeda interest in conventional and nuclear weapons: <a HREF="http://www.isis-online.org/publications/terrorism/cnnstory.html">Al Qaeda Documents Outline Serious Weapons Program</a> What willl take the place of the House of Saud when it falls? Transition to a stable and progressive government is not a definite prospect......the alternative is scary with the implications that it would have for the world economy.
