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Israelis seized nuclear material in Syrian raid
Times Online ^ | 9/23/07 | Uzi Mahnaimi and Sarah Baxter

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; airstrikes; axisofevil; israel; nknukes; northkorea; nuclear; raid; sayeretmatkal; sept62007; spartansixdelta; syria
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Calling Clinton, Clinton & Halfbright. Your mess on aisle six needs cleaning.

Bill Richardson to the rescue!

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181 posted on 09/23/2007 2:26:28 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 ( Mexico does not stop at its border, Wherever there is a Mexican, there is Mexico. Calderon)
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To: saganite
Hmm. Got to register to read more.

AND pay.

182 posted on 09/23/2007 2:34:54 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 ( Mexico does not stop at its border, Wherever there is a Mexican, there is Mexico. Calderon)
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To: My2SonsAreMarines

I can’t remember the date we heard that N Korea had supposedly agreed to abandon its nuclear program. Wasn’t it shortly after this Sept 6th raid?

I DO remember that the announcement came from NK alone, no other country would confirm it. There seemed to be a lot of scurrying around for several days before the agreement was confirmed, but in a blurry way.

I think maybe N Korea’s unilateral announcement was a ruse, an effort to salvage what they could from the talks before the news of their proliferation came out. THey knew, once the world learned about the Syrian raid, NK’s negotiating position would be zilch. After the raid, they tried to jump ahead of the bad news and “announce” results that had not been granted at the talks.

The other parties’ response was vague and note that it has not been touted by the president or anyone else as some kind of “breakthrough”. Something’s going on behind the scenes at those talks. And I think it involves a lot more than our simply “rewarding” NK for disarmament.


183 posted on 09/23/2007 2:47:25 AM PDT by Timeout (I hate MediaCrats! ......and trial lawyers.)
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To: elhombrelibre

This is all getting “veddy interestink.”


184 posted on 09/23/2007 3:03:50 AM PDT by Allegra (The Surge Works While the Democrats "Betray Us.")
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To: Libloather
How many MORE " Un-Named...BUT!- Highly Placed! " SOURCES are going to used in various articles as merely an excuse to attempt to present itself as being an Objective NEWS article, but merely end and then Go To merely just another Subjective; Anti-Bush, Anti-War one?

I think I would Not Vote and try to Kick Out anyone sworn to Serve and Protect MY nation if they DIDN'T have Plans at the Ready to Attack Any Conceivable Anti-West, Nuclear Agressive nation!

Read On too other various Cross-Referrence Subjective articles (All written as being and BY Known Anti-Bush, PRO-Democrat writers ) too that attempt to mis-lead Americans (Still thinking they are a bunch of Politically Un-Educated Readers!) with their own Objectives views by QUOTING " Un-Named, Un-Verifiable ..BUT! Highly Placed " Sources for their attacks!

Typical Left Supporting writers and Media.

DA

185 posted on 09/23/2007 3:21:07 AM PDT by AirBorn
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

“and of course, the Germans could never be democratic and never the Japanese....its an old imperialistic argument that is very very tired.”

If we were embarking on a defeat->occupy->rebuild strategy, as we did in Japan and Germany, you could make an argument for Iraq.

“No country is ever READY for democracy. Guess by tthat reasoning we should just wait till democracy springs forth full blown from Medusa’s head...and then let the people have freedom.”

Your idealism is admirable, but in this case it’s also idiotic. The only thing “springing from Medusa’s” head will be islamic fundamentalism. It is not up to the USA to “let the people have freedom”. You want to “give” it to people who do not reject terrorists.


186 posted on 09/23/2007 3:51:33 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Like Bush is going to tell YOU what he really knows.ha. ha.ha.

Excellent!

187 posted on 09/23/2007 3:53:10 AM PDT by elli1
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To: KantianBurke

Never forget that disinformation is our ally as well.


188 posted on 09/23/2007 3:54:22 AM PDT by LFOD (IRAQ - Back in Dixie)
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To: armyguyof88

“Bet you, it was in Iraq at one point in time.”

I suppose your point is that we were justified in going into Iraq. I’m not arguing that point. My point is that we are going to do nothing about WMD in Syria, Iran, or Saudi Arabia.


189 posted on 09/23/2007 3:54:32 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Calling Clinton, Clinton & Halfbright.

Here's the crew and here's what they did when they saw a mess...

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190 posted on 09/23/2007 3:56:48 AM PDT by b4its2late
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To: Libloather

“Ahem. We aren’t leaving.”

We’re leaving. It’s hard to see it now, but when Iraq sides with our enemy, when they make it clear they ARE our enemy, even the politicians won’t be able to withstand the heat from the American people.

Unfortunately, rational dialog is not possible at this point. The pro-iraq mob makes it impossible to state one is against our present course in Iraq and not be deluged with the “surrender” or “anti-military” or “unpatriotic” or “terrorist” or “leftist” labeling and propaganda that is all that is left of the pro-iraq argument.


191 posted on 09/23/2007 4:02:40 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: Irish Eyes

thanks. I just couldn’t help myself.

I always assume bush is a very busy man and I always give him way lots benefit of the doubt.


192 posted on 09/23/2007 4:23:27 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (We need a troop surge in Philly and Newark!)
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To: RFEngineer

although I disagree with you, you present the other view well. And that view also can not easily be dismissed.

I am not so idealistic. the notion of “democracy’ in this region is extremely an uphill battle but worth the attempt as it will erode and is the only thing to erode fundamentalism from within.

Hard to stay on the farm when you’ve seen gay Paree! { political theory}


193 posted on 09/23/2007 4:28:29 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (We need a troop surge in Philly and Newark!)
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To: popdonnelly
It is PAST the time to yell and scream and confront the traitorous elitists and let the Country know exactly what is at stake.
194 posted on 09/23/2007 4:31:31 AM PDT by Shady
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Even the ORIGINAL Israeli raid, the bombing, and the (lack of!) Syrian response is being ignored.

Actually the lack of world response is quite interesting. The ;ast time they took out the nuke camp in Iraq, everyone in the world including the US was outraged.

I suspect the crickets you hear chirping are the rest of the world hoping Israel does what needs to be done.

195 posted on 09/23/2007 4:40:30 AM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: freedom4me

Ditto - We had better and really, really fast.


196 posted on 09/23/2007 4:51:58 AM PDT by Shady
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To: JasonC
I doubt very much they would risk it in the air, let alone over Iraq. No, Iran wants its proxies to be able to deliver to the intended target, which is Israel. So Syria, Hezbollah, and Hamas are the intended end users, not Iran. Iran is just paying for it and has a say in when to use any of it...

I doubt seriously that Syria wants to be the identifiable source of a nuclear attack against Israel given their geographic position. They would be wiped off of the map. Syria is not a proxy of Iran. Hezbollah is.

197 posted on 09/23/2007 5:12:58 AM PDT by kabar
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To: mware

I believe the enrichment process leaves a tell tale signature. Terrible source, but I remember a Tom Clancy book that talked about the same subject.


198 posted on 09/23/2007 5:13:02 AM PDT by toddlintown (Five bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: Libloather

Send Carter over to make Syria sign a treaty like he did with North-Korea.


199 posted on 09/23/2007 5:16:31 AM PDT by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: KantianBurke
...And yet Bush claims that the DPRK have agreed to eliminate their nukes. What a joke of a President."

LOL, what the HELL are you saying here? Where is the conflict in the president relaying what the DPRK has said and the fact that what they said turns out to be a lie? Are actually claiming the president is responsible for the lies of the DPRK?

Send me some of whatever you smokin'', dude.

200 posted on 09/23/2007 5:18:06 AM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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