Posted on 09/23/2007 11:42:45 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued
ISRAELI commandos from the elite Sayeret Matkal unit – almost certainly dressed in Syrian uniforms – made their way stealthily towards a secret military compound near Dayr az-Zawr in northern Syria. They were looking for proof that Syria and North Korea were collaborating on a nuclear programme.
Israel had been surveying the site for months, according to Washington and Israeli sources. President George W Bush was told during the summer that Israeli intelligence suggested North Korean personnel and nuclear-related material were at the Syrian site.
Israel was determined not to take any chances with its neighbour. Following the example set by its raid on an Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak 1981, it drew up plans to bomb the Syrian compound.
But Washington was not satisfied. It demanded clear evidence of nuclear-related activities before giving the operation its blessing. The task of the commandos was to provide it.
Today the site near Dayr az-Zawr lies in ruins after it was pounded by Israeli F15Is on September 6. Before the Israelis issued the order to strike, the commandos had secretly seized samples of nuclear material and taken them back into Israel for examination by scientists, the sources say. A laboratory confirmed that the unspecified material was North Korean in origin. America approved an attack.
News of the secret ground raid is the latest piece of the jigsaw to emerge about the mysterious Israeli airstrike. Israel has imposed a news blackout, but has not disguised its satisfaction with the mission. The incident also reveals the extent of the cooperation between America and Israel over nuclear-related security issues in the Middle East. The attack on what Israeli defence sources now call the “North Korean project” appears to be part of a wider, secret war against the nonconventional weapons ambitions of Syria and North Korea
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This is very ominous. Since Iran is also involved, Bush’s “axis of evil” remark was more accurate than it was given credit for.
Here’s another Israeli triumph of survival.
I’ve not read this in any US press.. Did I miss it? Or, more realistically, are they sitting on it as it doesn’t fit their agenda?
The way the world is going, it’s just a matter of time!
The nerve of them to do such a thing!
Nancy Pelosi and Dennis Kusinich were open minded enough to let everyone know of their visit to Syria.
When will the IAF learn. /s
LOL
Since when has the IAF asked permission from anyone outside of command channels for ‘permission’?
Oh well the F15 I (seen in the USAF as the Strike Eagle) seems to have done the job, not bad for an Air Superiority fighter.....
Where would we be without the Israeli?
Are you liberal press biased challenged?
I can’t imagine Americans in Israel hoping for a DemocRAT victory.
Since 1948, the IAF totes an over 30 to 1 kill ratio against the Arab aggressors. : )
"Critics of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, believe he has shown poor judgment since succeeding his father Hafez, Syria’s long-time dictator, in 2000. According to David Schenker, of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, he has provoked the enmity of almost all Syria’s neighbours and turned his country into a “client” of Iran.'
Daddy's boy isn't so smart.
Strong move by Israel.
Think "pragmatically" my FRiend. ; )
bump
I understand your post, however to think that the MSM would cover it without political directive leads me to believe that you are without mindful understanding of bias. ; )
Well just duh! Is there really anyone who is surprised by this? Anyone? (sound of crickets chirping, tumbleweed blows down the street)
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