Browse > Home / U.S News / UPDATE: Israeli Bombing of Syria - Raid Targeted Unfinished Reactor

UPDATE: Israeli Bombing of Syria - Raid Targeted Unfinished Reactor

October 13, 2007

Find out where candidates stand on immigration issues

Article Tools

    •  
  • Please Share This Article:
    These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
    • del.icio.us
    • Reddit
    • StumbleUpon
    • YahooMyWeb
    • NewsVine
  • Add to Technorati Favorites
  • Add to Mixx!

-
From The Jerusalem Post:

‘Syria raid targeted unfinished reactor’

Israel’s air strike in Syria last month targeted a partially constructed nuclear reactor which was modeled after a reactor used by North Korea, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The Times report, which was attributed to American and foreign officials with intelligence access, also alleges that the Bush administration was divided over the decision to conduct an air strike. According to the officials, policymakers did not see the urgency in the attack, as it would have been years before the Syrians could have used the reactor to produce enough nuclear fuel to create bomb-grade plutonium.

Israel has kept the details of the air strike secret, refusing until last week to even confirm that such a mission had been carried out. Reports said that the strike had been executed in tandem with a ground operation by IDF special forces, who reportedly confiscated weapons-related materials shortly before IAF planes attacked.

A recent article in The Washington Post said that the raid came after Israel and the United States shared intelligence about possible nuclear weapons developments in Syria. According to some sources, North Korean weapons experts had been in Syria in the months ahead of the raid.

While both Syria and North Korea have denied that they are cooperating on weapons development, representatives of the two nations met recently in North Korea to discuss “strengthening ties.”

Popularity: 9% [?]

Tags: , , ,

Related Articles:

Written by LibNOT_SR · Filed Under U.S News 

Comments

Got something to say?




(Required)