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Strike on Syria reactor a joint spy victory: CIA | International | Reuters

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:41:29 -0000

The destruction of a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor last year was the result of an intelligence collaboration that included a "foreign partner" who first identified the facility's purpose, CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden said on Tuesday.

The reactor at the desert outpost of Al-Kibar was flattened in an air strike on September 6, 2007 that senior U.S. intelligence officials have said was carried out by Israel on its own initiative.

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Reuters AlertNet - A year on, Israel still won't discuss Syria strike

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:50:26 -0000

A year after its jets bombed a Syrian facility which U.S. officials openly described as a secret nuclear reactor, Israel still refuses to give an account -- not even formally confirming the raid ever happened.

Such reticence is unusual for a country steeped in military myth. Israel's fractious politics, dominated by ex-generals, has long made war stories a staple part of the national discourse.

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Syria lacks skills, fuel for nuclear facility: IAEA | Reuters.com

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:37:34 -0000

DUBAI (Reuters) - There is no evidence Syria has the skilled personnel or the fuel to operate a large-scale nuclear facility, the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog said in remarks aired on Tuesday.

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Ewen MacAskill on whether the Syrian nuclear pictures were faked | World news | The Guardian

Mon, 05 May 2008 19:28:26 -0000

The CIA published three aerial photographs last week purporting to show a Syrian nuclear reactor, bombed by Israel last September. But are the pictures all that they seem? Doubts about their authenticity have been raised by Professor William Beeman, head of anthropology at the University of Minnesota, who has had a long involvement with the Middle East.

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BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Syria's 'covert nuclear scheme'

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:09:42 -0000

full CIA footage of Israeli bombing of puported Syrain nuclear reactor

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FAQ: What did Israel bomb? | World news | The Guardian

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:36:28 -0000

Do the new US pictures prove Syria was building a nuclear reactor?

Not definitively. The new pictures do strengthen the impression that a reactor was being built before the Israeli air raid last September, but there remain questions about the provenance of the pictures and the timing of their publication, with the experience of Iraq in mind. Analysts at the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN's nuclear watchdog, question why there is no sign of security measures around the site, and say the building does not seem high enough for a reactor.

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Larisa Alexandrovna: Heads Up... Incoming Propaganda on Nukes... - Politics on The Huffington Post

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:33:45 -0000

"North Korea was helping Syria build a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor before Israel bombed the site last September, the Bush administration is set to tell Congress.

The new information could increase the position of hard-liners in Congress and the administration who have argued against a deal being negotiated to dismantle North Korea's nuclear-weapons program. The hard-liners say Pyongyang hasn't provided enough assurances it will dismantle its atomic arsenal in return for economic and diplomatic incentives.

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Report: Syrian reactor built in 2001 - Israel News, Ynetnews

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:40:56 -0000

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