“Yet the suggestion that North Korean personnel might not have been involved in the ongoing construction of the reactor contradicts a New York Times story of October 9, just a few days before, which said that within the administration “there appears to be little debate that North Koreans frequently visited a site in the Syrian Desert that Israeli jets attacked Sept. 6.” The story on October 9 was that the North Koreans were surely present at the Syrian installation, but that the nuclear nature of the site was less certain.”
Is it possible North Koreans were killed during this strike?
If they were assisiting Syria in constructing a nuke, I hope so.
Most likely IMO.
Very possible and highly probable. If you look at the list of protests, they are at the top of the list. Syria protested, but then shut the hell up right after. DPRK has registered “strong complaints” with the UN and the US and Israelis.
I think not only were they there, they were killed dead on the site.
The Sunday Times also reported that diplomats stationed in North Korea and China, based on intelligence reports reaching Asian governments, believed that a number of North Koreans had actually been killed in the raid.