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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US official: Israel had mole inside Syrian site
2007-10-21
Israel obtained detailed photographs from inside an alleged Syrian nuclear facility prior to carrying out an air strike on September 6, ABC News reported Friday night. An unnamed senior source in the US told the news network that the Mossad had discovered in the summer that Syria was constructing a nuclear facility and proceeded to either place a mole inside the plant or convince one of the workers to supply Israel with intelligence.

Through the mole, the source said, Israel received detailed pictures from the ground that showed a large cylindrical structure, trucks, and a pumping station - all of which would be necessary components for a nuclear facility. Since the site was not yet operating, the official said, no evidence of fissionable material was found.
Posted by:Fred

#8   I hope Syria spades through their entire garden trying to dig up this mole.

A regular Zen Koan.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-10-21 15:04  

#7  I hope Syria spades through their entire garden trying to dig up this mole.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-10-21 14:04  

#6  Man, those rascally Jooooos have their paws in everything and everywhere, don't they? (/channeling Daily Kook kids)
Posted by: BA   2007-10-21 12:38  

#5  Of course, we would say that we have a mole when we used other, more technical means to hide those technical means. Add in the fun of a red-on-red mole hunt and it is a two-fer.

It can be fun to tease paranoids!
Posted by: N guard   2007-10-21 08:37  

#4   Unfortunately, he was eventually captured and executed (at least).

Still, he's got that eternity of happiness thing going for him tho.
Posted by: Thomas Woof   2007-10-21 06:58  

#3  I forget the name, but Israel once placed an intellignce officer in the number 2 position in Syria. Unfortunately, he was eventually captured and executed (at least).
Posted by: McZoid   2007-10-21 06:17  

#2  Is this really a surpise? Israel, unlike the rank and file of the American Congress, is concerned with their own preservation, thus they take large steps (which are reported by the press as they are so large). The real question is, which won't be reported by ABC: How did the Syrians get the know how, and where did they get the material? The answer is pretty clear: N. Korean know how, and Iraqi material. Axis of Evil anyone?
Posted by: KenAnglan   2007-10-21 04:38  

#1  If they did have one, he's on the lame or dead soon with this pronouncement. Hopefully, the widow can file claim against ABC News and their 'unnamed source'. The only thing that's appears to get corporations' attention is the big fat court settlement. Hate it when that happens, but that's the system we're stuck with now.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-10-21 00:50  

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