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'Israel, US shared intel ahead of raid'
Jerusalem Post ^ | 9/21/7 | JPost.com staff

Posted on 09/21/2007 12:58:45 PM PDT by SmithL

Israel and the United States collaborated on intelligence ahead of an alleged IAF raid on a suspected Syrian nuclear site on September 6, the Washington Post reported Friday.

According to the report, Israel informed the US this past summer that North Korean personnel were in Syria to help the country's nuclear program. The intelligence in question reportedly included satellite imagery.

In return, the US provided some sort of corroboration.

According to US sources, the raid - which Israel has yet to officially confirm or deny - took place overnight to minimize casualties, and secrecy was maintained at such a level that the pilots on the mission were not briefed until after they were in the air.

Brookings Institutions analyst Bruce Riedel confirmed that the target of the raid had been "extremely important."

"The decision was taken despite [Israel's] concerns it could produce a war," Riedel told the Washington Post.

The US has refrained from responding to the action out of concern that it would undermine efforts to persuade North Korea to dismantle its nuclear program.

Thus far, little is known about what the North Korean representatives were doing in Syria.

While both Pyongyang and Damascus denied this week that they were cooperating on nuclear projects, senior officials from Syria's governing party were meeting in North Korea Friday with senior officials from Pyongyang to discuss strengthened ties.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bigholeinthedesert; sept62007; syria

1 posted on 09/21/2007 12:58:49 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

All this is good! What I don’t understand, though, is something said in the earlier reports. It was stated that the Syrian air defense system went dead, just before the run. How did that happen? What ever it was, we need to get one of those.


2 posted on 09/21/2007 1:05:40 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is like drinking water to offset rising ocean levels)
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To: SmithL

MORE!!! MORE!!!


3 posted on 09/21/2007 1:07:16 PM PDT by Suzy Quzy (Hillary '08...Her PHONINESS is REAL!!!)
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To: norwaypinesavage

Sounds very much like the IDFAF attack on Iraqi nuke facility several years ago. These guys have the best intel in the world and they have the balls to carry out what needs to be done.

When it absolutely, positively has to be blown to smithereens ASAP, call Tel Aviv Express.


4 posted on 09/21/2007 1:09:10 PM PDT by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: norwaypinesavage

Several options.

(1) HARM missiles
(2) Special Forces teams on the ground
(3) Jamming from an airborne platform
(4) Cyberwar assets that disabled the batteries


5 posted on 09/21/2007 1:11:02 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: SmithL

Off to a great start! Let’s roll up the axis of evil!


6 posted on 09/21/2007 1:11:29 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: shankbear

Let’s hope we have the “Tell Aviv Express” on speed dial.


7 posted on 09/21/2007 1:18:11 PM PDT by mcshot (Only your word and honor are truly yours - never go against either.)
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To: norwaypinesavage
It was stated that the Syrian air defense system went dead, just before the run. How did that happen? What ever it was, we need to get one of those.

I suspect we do.

8 posted on 09/21/2007 1:22:02 PM PDT by Ingtar (The LDS problem that Romney is facing is not his religion, but his Lacking Decisive Stands.)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

BUMP!


9 posted on 09/21/2007 1:22:42 PM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: norwaypinesavage

They used some kind of beeber device which stuned the air defense systems.


10 posted on 09/21/2007 1:23:23 PM PDT by Sender (Dar al-harb, USA)
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To: Sender
To be sure, this is a win for the good guys. While the Israelis knocked out whatever they knocked out, it served as a loud and clear message to Tehran: We will not hesitate to act against any of the enemies of Israel—and as you can see—the U.S. will not (or did not) stand in our way. So go ahead, by all means, forge ahead with your nuclear program, let your little pipsqueak President and your mullahs rant and rave, for it only hastens the day of your demise. By all means, push our buttons, for we will not hesitate to push them either.
11 posted on 09/21/2007 2:38:28 PM PDT by huckfillary (qual tyo ta)
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To: SmithL
Very good.

Just hope they didn’t have a site that the Israeli’s didn’t know about.

12 posted on 09/21/2007 3:16:06 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: SmithL
Once again we have to thank Israel for taking out a potential threat, what the heck is going on?

The U.S. has the capability and resources to take care of this, is it a message from Israel to Iran?

Maybe....

13 posted on 09/21/2007 4:37:20 PM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: SmithL
Once again we have to thank Israel for taking out a potential threat, what the heck is going on?

The U.S. has the capability and resources to take care of this, is it a message from Israel to Iran?

Maybe....

14 posted on 09/21/2007 4:37:38 PM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: #1CTYankee

I did not double post, malfunction!


15 posted on 09/21/2007 4:40:38 PM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: SmithL
[T]he raid ... took place overnight to minimize casualties,

Big mistake. We need to maximize causalities so they don't get up to more mischief. Dead engineers and technicians don't start making more missiles.

16 posted on 09/22/2007 6:09:32 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
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