Posted on 09/22/2007 7:30:07 PM PDT by Libloather
Israelis seized nuclear material in Syrian raid
Uzi Mahnaimi and Sarah Baxter
September 23, 2007
Israeli commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a daring raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israel bombed it this month, according to informed sources in Washington and Jerusalem.
The attack was launched with American approval on September 6 after Washington was shown evidence the material was nuclear related, the well-placed sources say.
They confirmed that samples taken from Syria for testing had been identified as North Korean. This raised fears that Syria might have joined North Korea and Iran in seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.
Israeli special forces had been gathering intelligence for several months in Syria, according to Israeli sources. They located the nuclear material at a compound near Dayr az-Zwar in the north.
Evidence that North Korean personnel were at the site is said to have been shared with President George W Bush over the summer. A senior American source said the administration sought proof of nuclear-related activities before giving the attack its blessing.
Diplomats in North Korea and China believe a number of North Koreans were killed in the strike, based on reports reaching Asian governments about conversations between Chinese and North Korean officials.
Syrian officials flew to Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, last week, reinforcing the view that the two nations were coordinating their response.
Now that is interesting. They can determine where it came from.
Yeah...
Calling Clinton, Clinton & Halfbright. Your mess on aisle six needs cleaning.
JIm, I got a feeling things are about to get very interesting in the middle east.
Let’s just obliterate Syria and N. Korea and call it a night.
Assad is cool. We have Pelosi’s and Kucinich’s word on it.
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If Syria has North Korean nuclear material, what about Iran?
And yet Bush claims that the DPRK have agreed to eliminate their nukes. What a joke of a President.
Quite the contrary. Israel (and the US) work hard to make sure things don't get too interesting.
From what I understand, all nuclear material has things called “tags” which allow it to be traced back to its origin.
Wow! This is big news.
Well, now we have Syria playing with nuclear material, in addition to the report from Jane’s, a reliable source, that they had a disaster involving putting sarin gas in a warhead.
Cement, all deals are done if Syria sends a WMD at Israel.
http://204.71.60.35/d_newswire/issues/2006/10/20/22cc45cb-8bb1-48fd-85cd-abec047c26c4.html
That’s what I asked on the other thread, what does this me for us?
Anything?
We will sit on our collective butts and do nothing, as usual.
More than likely the nuclear material was destined for Iran with Syria just being the transit point. There is plenty of air traffic between Iran and Syria.
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