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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian nuclear program quite advanced
2006-12-08
Recently, Kuwaiti daily newspaper Al Seyassah quoted European intelligence sources as saying that "Syria has an advanced nuclear program" in a secret site located in the province of Al Hassaka, close to the Turkish and Iraqi borders.

British sources quoted by "Al Seyassah" believe that "it is President Assad's brother, colonel Maher Assad, and his cousin Rami Makhlouf, who supervise the program".

This program is based on the Iraqi material that Saddam Hussein's two sons shipped to Syria before and during the war against Iraq. This explains, according to the daily newspaper, why international investigative teams found no proof of the program.

Furthermore, the British sources in Brussels affirm that "Iranian nuclear experts contribute to the Syrian program along with sixty Iraqi experts who had taken refuge in Syria since 2003 and experts from the ex-Soviet republics".

British intelligence also confirm that this information is validated by their German counterparts, who was well established historically in the countries close to the ex- communist block, including Syria.

Europeans fear that by focusing solely on the Iranian nuclear program, one might facilitate a much more quieter joint Iranian-Syrian program of uranium enrichment in Hassaka.

Also, the geographical choice of the nuclear site is very meaningful. Indeed, because it is located in an area with a Kurdish majority, the program evades suspicions, and also striking against these installations will initially touch the Kurdish community who has historically sided with the West against the Baathists regime of Bagdad and Damascus.
Posted by:Anonymoose

#5  "All Moslem dictatorships have nukes" - THEY [INEVITABLY] WON'T, BECUZ RADICAL IRAN WON'T ALLOW IT, BECUZ RADIC IRAN > wants be the ONE + ONLY CENTRE/SOURCE OF WORLD ISLAMIC POWER, INFLUENCE, + THOUGHTS. THe Iranians = ancient Persians have been warring and struggling for "great nation/power" status for millenias, AND IS DOUBTFUL THEY WILL ALLOW SOMETHING SUCH AS ISLAM = RELIGION TO GET IN THE WAY. ANTI-ISRAEL = ANTI-WESTERN INFLUENCE > IMO hidden diversion for EVENTUAL WAR AGZ ANY AND ALL TRADITIONAL-HISTORICAL CENTRES OF ISLAMIC POWER.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-12-08 20:35  

#4  We should get one of them nukes too.
I bet we'd be bigtime then.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-12-08 13:48  

#3  One nuke to rule them all....
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2006-12-08 11:06  

#2  What happens when all Moslem dictatorships have nukes?
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2006-12-08 01:18  

#1  This is a very advanced programme. They have enriched several kilos of uranium and have been passing it around the room in the dark to see if it glows.
Posted by: SpecOp35   2006-12-08 00:19  

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