US military worried about Pakistan nuclear weapons

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Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. military is worried about the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons after President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule, prompting protests and arrests, a senior Pentagon general said on Wednesday.

Asked if the U.S. military was concerned about the security of those weapons, Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, director of operations for the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: "Certainly."

"Any time there is a nation that has nuclear weapons that has experienced a situation such as Pakistan is at present, that is a primary concern," Ham told reporters

"However, we'll watch that quite closely and I think that's probably all I can say about that at this point," he said.

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