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| Israel accuses Damascus of resuming nuclear activity |
| 2008-10-03 |
| (AKI) - Israeli security officials claim that Syria has resumed nuclear activities for military purposes. According to a report on Thursday by pan-Arab daily, al-Sharq al-Awsat, Israeli military officials say that Syria is building a number of nuclear facilities in different locations like Iran. The sources also claim that North Korea was linked to the project and that experts from Pyongyang visited Syria last month. "The past year has seen three incidents indicating that Syria's nuclear armament is a red line that must not be crossed," reported the daily, quoting an unnamed Israeli official, in a clear reference to recent assassinations and bombings involving Syria. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's top security advisor Brig. Gen.Mohammed Suleiman was recently killed, while according to one report, Brigadier General George Gharbi and his son were killed during last week's bombing in Damascus that killed 17 people. Israel believes Suleiman and Gharbi were in charge of Syria's alleged nuclear programme. The Israeli officials said Israel would not allow Damascus to replicate the Iranian model and would move to halt any attempts to do so. In September 2007, Israeli warplanes bombed an alleged Syrian nuclear reactor which may have been obtained from North Korea. The attack, in a remote location in eastern Syria called Deir al-Zur, was believed to have been conducted with US approval. Syria signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which allows it to enrich its own fuel for civilian nuclear power, with monitoring from the International Atomic Energy Agency. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 n't this why God made Tomahawks? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-10-03 10:33 |
| #1 They can't help it. They're Syrians. |
| Posted by: treo 2008-10-03 10:29 |