Since the Musharraf regime's suspension of the constitution in Pakistan, there has been a lot of talk about the dangers of Islamabad's nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists should his regime be overthrown. These fears are greatly exaggerated, as Bill Arkin notes in an article entitled "Don't Let Nukes Become Musharraf's Excuse" that appears on his excellent "Early Warning" blog on the Washington Post web site.

He notes that "Pakistan doesn't have 'bombs' that could be just picked up and carted off by Al Qaeda. By all indications, Pakistan's nuclear materials are stored separately from its warheads, not assembled as ready-to-use weapons." Furthermore, the components are stored in two or more secret, heavily guarded locations.

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