SATELLITE PHOTOS REVEAL SYRIA REBUILDING WMD SITE BOMBED BY ISRAEL


	SATELLITE PHOTOS REVEAL SYRIA REBUILDING WMD SITE BOMBED BY ISRAEL

merrie

1-12-2008 4:37 AM

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syria, satellite photo, israeli jets, nuclear reactor, euphrates, iraqi border

merrie says:

Israel’s air attack was directed against what Israeli and American intelligence analysts had judged to be a partly constructed nuclear reactor. The Syrians vigorously denied the atomic claim.

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