I felt this story diserved more notice... I was certan when I heard of Syrian's firning on Israli plans over their territory, that something bigger was going on. Good for them, I am proud of them for doing what needed to be done without asking or caring what the world thought. I am sure "we" knew of this, in case it got messy they tend to tell there friends. just as they are doing something, the details. The fact that the Serians are not making a spcaific fuss over what was damiaged also says to me it is something they wan't kept quiet....
Just my thoughts. read the clip and perhaps the whole article then tell me what you think.
Emmett
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... New focus on Syria's nuclear ambitions highlighted earlier this week, when, following the unprecedented security clamp-down in Israel on the mystery-filled air strike over Northern Syria, American media, allegedly reporting on information leaked by unnamed official Washington sources, indicated, for the first time that Israel had "struck at a secret Syrian nuclear installation" and destroyed it. This triggered a flurry of reports, from various sources in the Arab Middle East trying to raise the dense fog which stubbornly persisted among the tight-lipped Israeli and US officials. An interesting report by the Paris based 'Iran Press Service' revealed a story claiming that the Israeli attack targeted the village of Tal Abyadh, near Deir az Zohr, 160 Kilometers north of Raqqa, but without indicating the nature of this target area. IPS claimed, though, that Israel completely destroyed a long-range missile base and that Israeli leaders suspected Syria and Iran building nuclear arms with the help of North Korea. Although this report, among others, privy to the so-called Iranian resistance opposition sources must always be taken with a large "pinch of salt", may have some truth inserted, which should rate further examination.
Defense related cooperation between Syria and North Korea have been known for many years, mainly in the realm of extended Scud missiles. Even between the nation's leaders relation warmed considerably during the last years.
On February 2002, President Bashar Assad personally conveyed the gift of a special sword to North Korean leader Kim Yong Il. In 2006 Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a friendly talk with the Syrian government economic delegation.
In fact, a rare statement by Kim Jong Il's regime, denouncing Israel's alleged incursion into Syria, raised speculation about a possible North Korean role in the current tensions between Damascus and Jerusalem. Pyongyang's public statement, strangely coincidented just as press reports from Washington said Israel had recently used its air force in an attempt to document alleged transfers of North Korean nuclear technology to Syria.
It has been an open secret, that Damascus has become the main focus of clandestine activities pertaining to weapons of mass destruction smuggling since the American-led coalition forces invaded Saddam Hussein's Iraq in March 2003. In January 2004, David Kay, former head of the coalition's hunt for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, claimed that part of Saddam Hussein's secret weapons program was already hidden somewhere in Syria.
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Comments: 7
The link you gave appears to be on an online magazine that is the work of one person and reflects the conclusions that one person has reached based on his analysis of events.
While the idea that Syria may trying be developing its own nuclear program is not far fetched, I have lot more difficulty with the idea of a Syrian/Iranian alliance. Without going into the details my doubts on that score are due to the centuries old conflict between Sunni and Shite Muslims.
Olga,
China may have stepped up its vocal support of Iran, but there is a long way between that and a mutual defense treaty. If China hesitates to take on the U.S, over Taiwain it sure as heck isn't going to take us on over Iran. Like the U.S. economically China has reached the point where it has more to lose than it has to gain by military conflict it cannot easily win or avoid. Any military conflict between China and the U.S. increases the risk of nuclear conflict beyond the level either nation can risk.
And they are NOT effectively cooperating with the AIEA... and my sources on the ground in Iraq say that it is Iran not Iraqi's doing the killing of Americans.
God bless America, and our Troops and our President.
And may he continue to protect Israel, who was doing the Right thing when they took out the nuke facilities in Syria.
Emmett