Posted on 09/12/2007 6:21:39 AM PDT by Crazieman
Report: Israel spots nuclear installations in Syria
Washington official says Israeli surveillance shows possible Syrian nuclear installation stocked by North Korea, Israeli Arab newspaper claims target of alleged raid last week was Syrian missile base financed by Iran
Israel believes that North Korea has been supplying Syria and Iran with nuclear materials, a Washington defense official told the New York Times. “The Israelis think North Korea is selling to Iran and Syria what little they have left,” he said.
The official added that recent Israeli reconnaissance flights over Syria revealed possible nuclear installations that Israeli officials estimate might have been supplied with material from North Korea.
Meanwhile on Wednesday the Nazareth-based Israeli Arab newspaper The Assennara cited anonymous Israeli sources as saying that Israeli jets "bombed a Syrian-Iranian missile base in northern Syria that was financed by Iran... It appears that the base was completely destroyed."
According to the Times, American officials confirmed Tuesday that Israeli jets launched an airstrike inside Syria. Sources said that Israel struck at least one target in northeastern Syria, but could not provide more details.
The most likely target was, according to some administration officials, weapon caches sent by Iran to Hizbullah through Syria.
North Korea commented on the incident Tuesday, calling it a "dangerous provocation", Chinese News Agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday.
"This is a very dangerous provocation little short of wantonly violating the sovereignty of Syria and seriously harassing the regional peace and security," a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
"The Democratic People's Republic of Korea strongly denounces the above-said intrusion and extends full support and solidarity to the Syrian people in their just cause to defend the national security and the regional peace."
ping!
We really do have Iran surrounded, don’t we?
bomb them?
The ONLY road to peace in the Middle East, must be built from the rubble collected from the destruction of areas tolerating, supporting or celebrating militant Islamists.
Anything else is simply a temporary path to hell.
Translation: THE NORTH KOREAN SUPPLIED ORDNANCE WAS DESTROYED.
I trust Israel completely in this situation.
Hmmm ... Axis of EVIL ... Syria, Iran, N Korea ...
Wow what a dumb drunken fratboy President we have ...
I wish MORE of CONGRESS were “THAT DUMB”
That’s right, we can add to the axis o’ evil since we took Iraq off it.
...because of radioactive pasture?
think about it. They received a woman and sawed off lil runt to represent the hardened opposition in the USA. I think I wouldn’t draw too much comfort from being reassured by those two light weights. Did anyone hear about the second coming of Sam Bowie up Portland way? Yeah, their number one basketball pick, Oden turns out to be defective like Bowie. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch of genetic refuse. does anyone else find it ironic the biggest p***ies in this country hail from a region that was relieved of all regional threats by our fathers who destroyed Shinto Japan? I find it quite revealing. These people in another time would be deserving of a Sherman march through the capitals of SF, Portland and Seattle culminating in a sanctioned public hanging of Obl-ermann by the neck until dead in Seattle. That would go a long ways toward backing down the national suicide branch of our society.
that huffpo-ish outburst was quite satisfying. I need to try that more often.
I know I enjoyed it!
The jihad exporting Iranian régime and communist North Koreans are also assisting the Assad dictatorship with nuclear weapons launching sites.
The time to strike is not after Syria & Iran attack Israel, U.S. troops in Iraq & Afghanistan -- but before!
“get there firstest with the mostest” Nathan Bedford Forrest.
I always thought one of the unspoken reasons for going into Iraq was the positioning in the Middle East................
Same here.
Forget all the rhetoric about “democracy”, and replace it with thoughts of long-term survival strategy.
I always viewed it as a spoiling attack or positioning but W didnt anticipate Iran rising in power this much. I think Syria is the next step, taking away Iran’s only friend.
I always viewed it as a spoiling attack or positioning, but W didn’t anticipate Iran rising in power this much. I think Syria is the next step, taking away Iran’s only friend.......................
Very plausible observation! If Syria backs off in this upcoming confrontation, Iran is going to be forced to either put up or shut up.
And the Arab world will be watching.
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