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.
bump for publicity
I remember when John Bachelor had his show he talked about uranium tags with John Loftus all the time.
After reading that article I just linked here....I have a hunch ....there was a NEST team with the Israelis.
The terrorist regime in Tehran is next.
“If Syria has North Korean nuclear material, what about Iran?”
The only place we know doesn’t have it is Iraq. Every other arab country has it. You can count on it.
Diplomats in North Korea and China believe a number of North Koreans were killed in the strike
Not enough of them in my estimate.
To really be top dog in the World arena they should have attempted to land and snatch a few bodies from the smoking ruins and show them to the world. - I’m not kidding.
Let the libs here and in the EU bitch about that!
Maybe we do what we did when Israel did the whole world a favor and bombed the nuke plant in Iraq.
Dr. Jack Wheeler's site...discussing what took place in the ME...SILENCE IN SYRIA, PANIC IN IRAN
“The terrorist regime in Tehran is next.”
....Israel will have to do it, because our taskmasters in Iraq wouldn’t approve of us doing it ourselves.
Take it easy. Having new bases in Iraq is pretty cool - eh?
I guess the Israelis have their own version of that.
Yes. We can tell quite accurately where fissile materials come from, by minor differences in isotopic distributions and contaminants. Those nations with nuclear capabilities know this well, and moreover they know that we will treat nuclear attacks by "rogue" elements as if they came from the nation in whose territory the material originated.
-ccm
...bump to what you said.
U.S. capabilities are improving, he said, suggesting in many cases the United States could pinpoint nuclear origins in about 72 hours. “It’s a little bit of deterrence in a world where we’re afraid nuclear weapons are going to be used in a way where deterrence isn’t given a chance,” Carter said.
“The significance of attribution is important,” he said. “What we’re telling the North Koreans is we know what your stuff smells like. If one goes off and it smells like you, we’re coming after you.”
And I read earlier that North Korea and China postponed the six party talks after this raid....out of fear I think we would confront the Koreans..
ROFLMAO...great.
I suggest we outsource our next WMD hunt to the Israelis.
This to me is all the proof in the world that Israel will handle Iran’s nuclear problem. How do I know? Well..Israel just bombed the shit out of Syria and what was the reaction in the Arab world?
Nadda.
They are all talk when it comes to getting their asses whooped on by Israel.
Israel will flatten Iran when they feel the need to.
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