View Full Version : Report: Israeli airstrike targeted Syrian nuclear reactor
Saguaro
10-14-2007, 09:36 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- An Israeli airstrike on Syria last month targeted a partially built nuclear reactor that was years away from completion, the New York Times reported Saturday, citing U.S. and foreign officials.
The report said President Bush's administration had intense discussions with the Israeli government before the strike and U.S. officials were divided over whether it would be premature.
Syrian President Bashar Assad has said Israel bombed an "unused military building" in the Sept. 6 raid. Israel has been extremely secretive about the affair. It only recently relaxed censorship to allow Israel-based journalists to report that Israeli aircraft attacked a military target deep inside Syria.
In the weeks that followed the attack, U.S. officials said it was aimed either at a nuclear or missile facility that Syria operated jointly with North Korea.
The New York Times said the nuclear reactor was modeled on one North Korea had used to create its stockpile of nuclear weapons fuel, though the role of any North Korean assistance in building it remains unclear. North Korea has denied involvement in any such activities in Syria.
The Syrian reactor was years away from be able to produce the spent nuclear fuel that could be reprocessed into bomb-grade plutonium, the newspaper said.
Syria's nuclear program has long been considered minimal, and the country is known to have only a small research reactor.
The New York Times cited American officials as saying Israel's strike may have been intended as a signal to Iran and its nuclear aspirations. In 1981, Israeli warplanes destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor being built by Saddam Hussein's regime.
The White House and Israeli officials declined to comment on the report.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/14/israel.syria.ap/index.html
Wabash
10-14-2007, 12:34 PM
As for Syria....OR Iran....I say Tough Shit!:godzilla
Stamp em out! GO ISRAEL!!!!:paclap:paclap
Do it Quick....Do it Right! Do it W/O the Media bleeding hearts!
issac the dragon
10-14-2007, 01:07 PM
According to the news reports I read, the US thinks the strikes were out of line. There was no threat at this time, and even if one existed, it was years in the furture. Also, Syria has a right to construct nuclear power plants. And there wasn't one shread of evidence that the plant wasn't one.
Israel is a terrorist nation and someone in the world needs to bomb a few plants in Israel to render them less dangerous. The US government, you know, the people who kiss Israel's ass, are not happy about this strike.
Wabash
10-14-2007, 02:36 PM
According to the news reports I read, the US thinks the strikes were out of line. There was no threat at this time, and even if one existed, it was years in the furture. Also, Syria has a right to construct nuclear power plants. And there wasn't one shread of evidence that the plant wasn't one.
Israel is a terrorist nation and someone in the world needs to bomb a few plants in Israel to render them less dangerous. The US government, you know, the people who kiss Israel's ass, are not happy about this strike.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Too funny isaac! The US ...Officially says that! In reality, they are ALL for it!
Israel is NOT a terrorist nation at all!! They are and have been in defense mode for years...decades even. The Palestian vagabonds are a terrorist nation ...aided by Syria, Egypt and Iran. So is al Queda, and aided by the same people, including Saudii Arabia. When in the hell are you going to get that thru your head??
It's Israel against most of the Muslim nations! Go Israel!!!
Cookie Parker
10-14-2007, 07:16 PM
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Too funny isaac! The US ...Officially says that! In reality, they are ALL for it!
Israel is NOT a terrorist nation at all!! They are and have been in defense mode for years...decades even. The Palestian vagabonds are a terrorist nation ...aided by Syria, Egypt and Iran. So is al Queda, and aided by the same people, including Saudii Arabia. When in the hell are you going to get that thru your head??
It's Israel against most of the Muslim nations! Go Israel!!!
No, Israel is a terrorist nation..they have occupied Lebanon and Palestine for decades..and killing innocent people and torturing citizens...
As evidenced by this report, no on in the regions has the weaponry capabilities which Israel has...they have been given their weapons by us, another terrorist country which illegally occupies Iraq who wants us to leave...
Wabash
10-14-2007, 10:00 PM
No, Israel is a terrorist nation..they have occupied Lebanon and Palestine for decades..and killing innocent people and torturing citizens...
As evidenced by this report, no on in the regions has the weaponry capabilities which Israel has...they have been given their weapons by us, another terrorist country which illegally occupies Iraq who wants us to leave...
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Too funny! And WRONG!
Go Israel, kick ass!!!
Ringo
10-15-2007, 05:32 AM
According to the news reports I read, the US thinks the strikes were out of line. There was no threat at this time, and even if one existed, it was years in the furture. Also, Syria has a right to construct nuclear power plants. And there wasn't one shread of evidence that the plant wasn't one.
Israel is a terrorist nation and someone in the world needs to bomb a few plants in Israel to render them less dangerous. The US government, you know, the people who kiss Israel's ass, are not happy about this strike.
How do you know there wasn't one shred of evidence? Move On-CNN-Brian or Charley tell you so?? You sit in a rocking chair in a Fanatasy world of Liberal jibberish, so you can't say what the Govt thinks or doesn't think! I am glad they hit, and I am glad they hit hard! Your an old woman, do you think Russia had the right to set up Nukes in Cuba? Did Kennedy intefere with Cuba's rights? You sheep buy into the BS that these reactors are for peaceful purposes, but if one came into this Nation you would scream your head off that we should have prevented this!!
Its like having a Conversation with a room full of common sense challenged Peaceknicks, the World is BAD, get over it and grow up!!
Ringo
10-15-2007, 05:37 AM
No, Israel is a terrorist nation..they have occupied Lebanon and Palestine for decades..and killing innocent people and torturing citizens...
As evidenced by this report, no on in the regions has the weaponry capabilities which Israel has...they have been given their weapons by us, another terrorist country which illegally occupies Iraq who wants us to leave...
Why don't you taker your Move On act and move to Russia or Tehran and shoot your mouth off to thier Govts! You are taking up space in America for real Americans....UNLIKE YOU!!!
Oh your little IRAQ speech is more of your BS, INSERT AL QADEA in place of Iraq, or do you hate dissin YOUR friends??:osama:osama:devil:mw
No, Israel is a terrorist nation..they have occupied Lebanon and Palestine for decades..and killing innocent people and torturing citizens...
As evidenced by this report, no on in the regions has the weaponry capabilities which Israel has...they have been given their weapons by us, another terrorist country which illegally occupies Iraq who wants us to leave...
Funny, they aren't recognized by the UN as terrorists.
Try learning people
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501222/posts
http://www.frontpagemag.com/media/pdf/biglies.pdf
Same thing two different links, though you won't read it anyway.
http://www.fightthebias.com/Resources/Rec_Read/mid_east_conflict.htm
Different reading
WOW. Just more examples of anti-semetic liberals. Like we needed any more proof anyway.
Fucking racist liberals.
Saguaro
10-15-2007, 10:00 AM
Let's watch our language :toetap
issac the dragon
10-15-2007, 10:44 AM
Jm45, I am anti-Israeli terrorism, not anti-semitic. One does not have to approve of Israel to like and respect Jews.
To Ringo, no I did not want nukes in Cuba. Nor did I want the US to assassinate Castro. Nor did I appreciate the US support for a right-wing dictator in Cuba, Baptista. Nor did I fail to understand that Cuba felt threatened by the US. Don't twist my words or assume that you know what I think. Israel is a terrorist nation.
Mack the Knife
10-15-2007, 03:40 PM
Jm45, I am anti-Israeli terrorism, not anti-semitic. One does not have to approve of Israel to like and respect Jews.
To Ringo, no I did not want nukes in Cuba. Nor did I want the US to assassinate Castro. Nor did I appreciate the US support for a right-wing dictator in Cuba, Baptista. Nor did I fail to understand that Cuba felt threatened by the US. Don't twist my words or assume that you know what I think. Israel is a terrorist nation.
Assuming that maybe Mexico all of a sudden goes ballistic and hostile, and with the assistance of Chavez, Iran and other Terror driven Nations, are offered the technology to build what appears to be "just" a reactor, but the trained eye says its capable of producing Nuclear weapons? What do you do? How do you react? I don't care which Party is in Power, what should they do?
issac the dragon
10-16-2007, 11:51 AM
How about, leave them the f**k alone. I don't blame any country in the world for thinking they need to protect themselves from the terrorist in the Bush admin.
Kurtz
10-16-2007, 12:01 PM
How about, leave them the f**k alone. I don't blame any country in the world for thinking they need to protect themselves from the terrorist in the Bush admin.
Tell us how ya really feel, issac. :lol
I wonder why some governments worry that other countries build nuclear power plants for evil purposes? Some should probably worry if those nuclear ENERGY plants are environmentally safe.
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