Sounds like someone just took care of some 'dirty laundry' for the U.S. In particular, the WMD's that were convoyed out of Iraq and into Syria. Talk about in your face. They just flew in and destroyed the very weapons they wanted to use against others. The nuclear facility may very well be the guise for the raid.

How very interesting. My cooments on this were posted Sept 13th, @ 10:09 PM.

Newsweek does a story on it the next day

WEB EXCLUSIVE
By Jeffrey Bartholet
Newsweek

Updated: 1 hour, 53 minutes ago Sept. 14, 2007

"There have been reports, unsubstantiated at present, that what was targeted was some kind of nuclear North Korean-Syrian cooperation p[b]...

Sounds like someone just took care of some 'dirty laundry' for the U.S. In particular, the WMD's that were convoyed out of Iraq and into Syria. Talk about in your face. They just flew in and destroyed the very weapons they wanted to use against others. The nuclear facility may very well be the guise for the raid.

How very interesting. My cooments on this were posted Sept 13th, @ 10:09 PM.

Newsweek does a story on it the next day

WEB EXCLUSIVE
By Jeffrey Bartholet
Newsweek

Updated: 1 hour, 53 minutes ago Sept. 14, 2007

"There have been reports, unsubstantiated at present, that what was targeted was some kind of nuclear North Korean-Syrian cooperation project.
Those reports are absolutely, totally, fundamentally ridiculous and untrue. There are no nuclear North Korean-Syrian facilities whatsoever in Syria … We know the game. [After the fall of Baghdad] some were claiming that Saddam’s WMDs were being smuggled to Syria. This is not a new story. Every now and then we hear about nuclear materials being transferred to Syria."


Looks like Syria got caught with their hands in the cookie jar.
And of course, denials are flying all around.

Crap, the usual from the crapper. How so? Well I won't rely on the logic that if there were only 2 choice, then the crapper would be wrong, just like his friend Bush.

It isn't that this is from a Zionist rag. Yet even for this rag it's extraordinary that they have accused Syria of having a nuclear interest.

So suddenly Syria has nuclear ambitions? How so? Well the rag needed some justification for the Israeli act of war! But nuclear Syria?! Friends, are you losing your reasoning? Even the rash Israel would need some reason for this unprovoked attack at this time. I put forward 2 logics.

First is how can we have peace talks with the Arabs reason/excuse after you have assassinated the Arab...

Crap, the usual from the crapper. How so? Well I won't rely on the logic that if there were only 2 choice, then the crapper would be wrong, just like his friend Bush.

It isn't that this is from a Zionist rag. Yet even for this rag it's extraordinary that they have accused Syria of having a nuclear interest.

So suddenly Syria has nuclear ambitions? How so? Well the rag needed some justification for the Israeli act of war! But nuclear Syria?! Friends, are you losing your reasoning? Even the rash Israel would need some reason for this unprovoked attack at this time. I put forward 2 logics.

First is how can we have peace talks with the Arabs reason/excuse after you have assassinated the Arab leaders that you might talk with. Just when Syria is getting close to peace talks with Israel, then the IDF scupper the chance of them!

But why at his immediate moment of time as the scuppering peace talks excuse can be played at any time? Well one unique thing did happen that from an IDF perspective would justify an act of war. Now not all would be in favour of another ass kicking like Hizbollah dished out in Lebanon last year. And I'm not suggesting that it was only an anniversary protest, but these sky killers haven't yet got theirs for all the civilians that they murdered. But that's the clue!

Russia has recently delivered new anti-aircraft missiles to Syria. Enough said? Maybe napper needs it spelt out further?

Why Did Israeli Planes Enter Syria?

The Israelis, according to this account, had "dropped munitions" over deserted areas before departing. The report did not specify whether the Israelis had bombed any targets. The following day, fuel tanks were discovered inside Turkey near the Syrian border. Other jettisoned tanks were reportedly found inside Syria.

Muallem told European ambassadors in Damascus at the weekend that last Wednesday - the day before the incursion - he had received a "calming message" from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, sent via a top EU official, ac...

Why Did Israeli Planes Enter Syria?

The Israelis, according to this account, had "dropped munitions" over deserted areas before departing. The report did not specify whether the Israelis had bombed any targets. The following day, fuel tanks were discovered inside Turkey near the Syrian border. Other jettisoned tanks were reportedly found inside Syria.

Muallem told European ambassadors in Damascus at the weekend that last Wednesday - the day before the incursion - he had received a "calming message" from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, sent via a top EU official, according to the Arabic Al-Hayat newspaper. Israeli officials have lately sought to defuse tensions by making clear Israel has no plan to attack Syria and reducing troop numbers near the border.


In August, Syria reportedly received from Russia the first batch of 50 Pantsyr S1E short-range air defense systems, part of an alleged sale worth almost $1 billion. The deal is said to have been financed by Iran, which reportedly will receive from Syria some of the Pantsyr units and deploy them to protect its nuclear facilities. The recently developed Pantsyr, which its Russian manufacturers claim is immune to jamming, includes surface-to-air missiles and 30mm Gatling guns, providing complete defensive coverage for a range of 11 to 12 miles and 6 miles in altitude. Pantsyr batteries could pose a serious challenge to either an Israeli or a U.S. air strike on Iran.

So were the Israeli aircraft playing a perilous game of chicken to assess the capabilities of the Pantsyr system in response to their countermeasures?

Proof of cooperation between Iran and Syria in the development and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was brought to light Monday in a Jane's Magazine report that dozens of Iranian engineers and 15 Syrian officers were killed in a July 23 accident in Syria.




Syrian and Iranian Presidents, Bashar Assad, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, listen to national anthems at the Ash-Shaeb presidential palace in Damascus, Thursday.
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According to the report, cited by Channel 10, the joint Syrian-Iranian team was attempting to mount a chemical warhead on a scud missile when the explosion occurred, spreading lethal chemical agents, including sarin nerve gas and VX gas.
The factory was created specifically for the purposes of altering ballistic missiles to carry chemical payloads, the magazine report claimed.
Reports of the accident were circulated at the time, however, no details were released by the Syrian government, and there were no hints of an Iranian connection.
The report comes on the heels of criticism leveled by the Syrains at the United States, accusing it of spreading "false" claims of Syrian nuclear activity and cooperation with North Korea to excuse an alleged Israeli air incursion over the country this month.
According to Global Security.org, Syria is not a signatory of either the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), - an international agreement banning the production, stockpiling or use of chemical weapons, or the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Syria began developing chemical weapons in 1973, just before the Yom Kippur War. Global Security.org cites the country as having one of the most advanced chemical weapons programs in the Middle East.

How about THAT environmental impact?