Posted on 04/25/2008 12:49:12 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
fyi
Hopefully all the NKs were at the site all happily working on their reactor when Israel decided to say hello.
The full text of the statement by White House press secretary Dana Perino on alleged Syrian and North Korean nuclear co-operation follows:
Today, administration officials have briefed select Congressional committees on an issue of great international concern.
Until 6 September, 2007, the Syrian regime was building a covert nuclear reactor in its eastern desert capable of producing plutonium. We are convinced, based on a variety of information, that North Korea assisted Syria's covert nuclear activities. We have good reason to believe that reactor, which was damaged beyond repair on 6 September of last year, was not intended for peaceful purposes.
Carefully hidden from view, the reactor was not configured for such purposes. In defiance of its international obligations, Syria did not inform the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the construction of the reactor, and, after it was destroyed, the regime moved quickly to bury evidence of its existence.
This cover-up only served to reinforce our confidence that this reactor was not intended for peaceful activities.
'Must come clean'
We are briefing the IAEA on this intelligence. The Syrian regime must come clean before the world regarding its illicit nuclear activities.
The Syrian regime supports terrorism, takes action that destabilises Lebanon, allows the transit of some foreign fighters into Iraq, and represses its own people. If Syria wants better relations with the international community, it should put an end to these activities.
We have long been seriously concerned about North Korea's nuclear weapons program and its proliferation activities. North Korea's clandestine nuclear cooperation with Syria is a dangerous manifestation of those activities. One way we have chosen to deal with this problem is through the Six Party Framework.
Through this process we are working with our partners to achieve the verifiable denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. The United States is also committed to ensuring that North Korea does not further engage in proliferation activities. We will work with our partners to establish in the Six Party Framework a rigorous verification mechanism to ensure that such conduct and other nuclear activities have ceased.
'Risks of Iran'
The construction of this reactor was a dangerous and potentially destabilising development for the region and the world. This is particularly true because it was done covertly and in violation of the very procedures designed to reassure the world of the peaceful intent of nuclear activities.
This development also serves as a reminder that often the same regimes that sponsor proliferation also sponsor terrorism and foster instability, and co-operate with one another in doing so. This underscores that the international community is right to be very concerned about the nuclear activities of Iran and the risks those activities pose to the stability of the Middle East.
To confront this challenge, the international community must take further steps, beginning with the full implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions dealing with Iranian nuclear activities. The United States calls upon the international community to redouble our common efforts to ending these activities and preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction in this critical region. 
Obviously, just another George Bush lie.
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I'm seeing a pattern here...
Looking at the satellite ‘before and after’ photos, it looks like someone took a pencil eraser to ‘after’ photo. The reactor building has been completely erased.
“However, the facility was not yet operational and there was no fuel for the reactor, officials said.”
The fuel was probably still aboard the NK “concrete” ship that was already docked. That’s most likely what made the airstrike necessary at that time.
I think my favorite part of the story from last year was how the fancy Russian-made Syrian radar was unable to see any Israeli jets coming. That’s the same fancy Russian-made radar that the Iranians supposedly will rely on to let them know the the Israelis are coming at them.
I say if Syria, Libya and Iran (and any other muslim nation) want nuclear weapons, we should let them have them. The only catch is they’ll be delivered via MIRV’ing SLBMs.
But Saddam Hussein had no interest in Nuclear Development...
Yeah, that's it...
Yes, I remember that part of the story. I’m sure the Iranians will be upgrading their systems after this incident.
-PJ
Suspect Reactor Construction Site In Eastern Syria: The Site Of September 6 Israeli Raid? (Photos)
Keyword list of Freerepublic threads on the Sept 6, 2007 IAF Attack on Syria ..Possible NUKES ....
It looks like someone already knocked his chin off.
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