Al Qaeda says it would use Pakistan’s nukes

We expect that the Pakistan Army would be defeated (in Swat) ... and that would be its end everywhere, God willing,’ said Mustafa Abu al Yazid (pictured above), the leader of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. - Reuters photo

DUBAI: If it were in a position to do so, Al Qaeda would use Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in its fight against the United States, a top leader of the group said in remarks aired on Sunday.
‘God willing, the nuclear weapons will not fall into the hands of the Americans and the mujahideen would take them and use them against the Americans,’ Mustafa Abu al Yazid, the leader of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, said in an interview with Al Jazeera television.
Abu al Yazid was responding to a question about fears that US would seize control over Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in case Islamists came close to doing so.
‘We expect that the Pakistan Army would be defeated (in Swat) ... and that would be its end everywhere, God willing.’—AFP