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2007-09-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by 3dc 2007-09-20 16:22|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 don't rain on my parade!

Posted by Oscar Sleang7754 2007-09-20 17:07|| 2007-09-20 17:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I see most stories like this through a veil of suspicion anyway. Unless there is a smoking crater, I usually don't really believe it.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-09-20 17:21|| 2007-09-20 17:21|| Front Page Top

#3 The article fails to realize that Allan would protect his faithful whom, I'm sure had just prayed for the successful killing of a million joos. Why take safety precautions, infidel ?

Posted by wxjames 2007-09-20 20:58|| 2007-09-20 20:58|| Front Page Top

#4 OK, Let's see......Dozens of Iranian engineers dead, 15 Syrian Officers dead, July 23rd chemical weapons cover story, followed by a No. Korean Nuclear shipment to Syria and an Israeli raid in September.

Ready.....Speculate!

These guys were trying to test a dirty nuke warhead that went bad and killed everyone with radiation. The NoK's were delivering the goods to go into full production.

Posted by Herb Sheans7082 2007-09-20 21:58|| 2007-09-20 21:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Although the linked article makes many good points it overlooks the possibility that this was a "master class" sort of instructional and cross-training session. A technology transfer "laboratory seminar" would certainly explain the large number of participants. There is also the less likelybut not entirely remotepossibility that the explosion was the result of sabotage instead of carelessness. Still, the old addage applies:

Do not attribute to conspiracy that which can be explained by sheer stupidity.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-20 22:20|| 2007-09-20 22:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Lest we fergit, SYRIA does have a suppos "small" Chinese-oper nuke research/power plant in northern Syria, under close? watch by the UNIAEA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-09-20 22:25|| 2007-09-20 22:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Keep in mind, we shouldn't believe wild rumors just because it's the sort of thing we'd like to think actually happened.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2007-09-20 22:54|| 2007-09-20 22:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Keep in mind, we shouldn't believe wild rumors just because it's the sort of thing we'd like to think actually happened.

Neither should we dismiss them just because our worst enemies would dearly love us to.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-20 23:01|| 2007-09-20 23:01|| Front Page Top

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