Report: Israel spots nuclear installations in Syria

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Washington official says Israeli surveillance shows possible Syrian nuclear installation stocked by North Korea, Israeli Arab newspaper claims target of alleged raid last week was Syrian missile base financed by Iran

Ynetnews Latest Update: 09.12.07, 14:21 / Israel News

Israel believes that North Korea has been supplying Syria and Iran with nuclear materials, a Washington defense official told the New York Times. “The Israelis think North Korea is selling to Iran and Syria what little they have left,” he said.

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The official added that recent Israeli reconnaissance flights over Syria revealed possible nuclear installations that Israeli officials estimate might have been supplied with material from North Korea.

Meanwhile on Wednesday the Nazareth-based Israeli Arab newspaper The Assennara cited anonymous Israeli sources as saying that Israeli jets "bombed a Syrian-Iranian missile base in northern Syria that was financed by Iran... It appears that the base was completely destroyed."

According to the Times, American officials confirmed Tuesday that Israeli jets launched an airstrike inside Syria. Sources said that Israel struck at least one target in northeastern Syria, but could not provide more details.

The most likely target was, according to some administration officials, weapon caches sent by Iran to Hizbullah through Syria.

North Korea commented on the incident Tuesday, calling it a "dangerous provocation", Chinese News Agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday.

"This is a very dangerous provocation little short of wantonly violating the sovereignty of Syria and seriously harassing the regional peace and security," a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

"The Democratic People's Republic of Korea strongly denounces the above-said intrusion and extends full support and solidarity to the Syrian people in their just cause to defend the national security and the regional peace."

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3448829,00.html

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

gooooo Israel!!!!

[Dan J 277]

Israel has nukes too, so i guess they can welcome them to the party.

[Nagishkaw 510]

To quote Lucky's infamous line.........' Business as usual ' .

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Hopefully, this time the Israelis will take care of their own problem and not ask us to take care of it for them (like we did and continue to do in Iraq).

[almaty 19]

Hopefully, this time the Israelis will take care of their own problem and not ask us to take care of it for them (like we did and continue to do in Iraq).

amen brother arijit....although, they did a good job many years ago in iraq...

[Peikko 1,575]

I don't understand this comment

Hopefully, this time the Israelis will take care of their own problem and not ask us to take care of it for them (like we did and continue to do in Iraq).

Are you suggesting that it wasn't the US and the UK that wanted to go into Iraq but that some 'third party' asked for assistance in obliterating Sadam Hussein et al? That's a new one on me...

[almaty 19]

I don't understand this comment

Hopefully, this time the Israelis will take care of their own problem and not ask us to take care of it for them (like we did and continue to do in Iraq).

Are you suggesting that it wasn't the US and the UK that wanted to go into Iraq but that some 'third party' asked for assistance in obliterating Sadam Hussein et al? That's a new one on me...

brother, that was always out there..that usa and great britian went in order to avoid Israel taking out Iraq..and starting a major arab-israel conflict..that disrupt oil and cause terrorism to multiple by the 1000s

[Jasman0717 9]

This isn't good news

[Ban Hammer 14,295]

Israel has nukes too, so i guess they can welcome them to the party.

allegedly.......

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allegedly.......

It's a bit more than an allegation. Olmert may have mistakenly admitted it. Either that, or it really was "fumbled English" like the Prime Minister's office says it was. I don't know if I buy it, his sentence construction sounds fine to me.. not very ESL-ish.

"Israel is a democracy, Israel doesn't threaten any country with anything, never did," he said. "The most that we tried to get for ourselves is to try to live without terror, but we never threaten another nation with annihilation. Iran openly, explicitly and publicly threatens to wipe Israel off the map. Can you say that this is the same level, when they [iran] are aspiring to have nuclear weapons, as America, France, Israel, Russia?"

Olmert's statements drew fire from politicians across the political spectrum. MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) responded to Olmert's statement by calling for the prime minister to resign. Meretz-Yahad chairman Yossi Beilin called Olmert's remarks "irresponsible to the point of recklessness."

The Prime Minister's Office said fumbled English was the cause of what it referred to as a misunderstanding regarding what Olmert meant.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid...rticle/ShowFull

[Ban Hammer 14,295]

allegedly.......

It's a bit more than an allegation. Olmert may have mistakenly admitted it. Either that, or it really was "fumbled English" like the Prime Minister's office says it was. I don't know if I buy it, his sentence construction sounds fine to me.. not very ESL-ish.

"Israel is a democracy, Israel doesn't threaten any country with anything, never did," he said. "The most that we tried to get for ourselves is to try to live without terror, but we never threaten another nation with annihilation. Iran openly, explicitly and publicly threatens to wipe Israel off the map. Can you say that this is the same level, when they [iran] are aspiring to have nuclear weapons, as America, France, Israel, Russia?"

Olmert's statements drew fire from politicians across the political spectrum. MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) responded to Olmert's statement by calling for the prime minister to resign. Meretz-Yahad chairman Yossi Beilin called Olmert's remarks "irresponsible to the point of recklessness."

The Prime Minister's Office said fumbled English was the cause of what it referred to as a misunderstanding regarding what Olmert meant.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid...rticle/ShowFull

still not verified nor does israel admit or deny having such. it's a wild card they can play.

[Caladan 19]

Israel has nukes too, so i guess they can welcome them to the party.

allegedly.......

Israel's official policy is always to punt on the question of whether they have nukes, but were I a betting woman, I'd bet we have the receipts somewhere.

[Ban Hammer 14,295]

Israel has nukes too, so i guess they can welcome them to the party.

allegedly.......

Israel's official policy is always to punt on the question of whether they have nukes, but were I a betting woman, I'd bet we have the receipts somewhere.

i'm there with you.

[mawilson 2,133]

Damascus warns that international community's silence on Israel's violation of Syrian airspace will have tragic consequences

Oh puhleeease. Tragic shmagic. Why don't they go and cry me a river.