Israel Struck Syria Nuke Sites

We are finding out the reason for the raid last week:

Report: Israel spots nuclear installations in Syria hat tip Michael

Washington official says Israeli surveillance shows possible Syrian nuclear installation stocked by North Korea, Israeli Arab newspaper claims target of alleged raid last week was Syrian missile base financed by Iran.

John Bolton spoke of those installations here.

I am getting reports that Israeli planes were seen entering Syria again today (not recon.) Anyone hear anything let me know.

Israel struck inside Syria: US official
Published: Wednesday, 12 September, 2007, 02:20 AM Doha Time

WASHINGTON: Israel carried out an air strike well inside Syria last week, apparently to send Damascus a message not to rearm Hezbollah in Lebanon, a US defence official said yesterday. “It wasn’t big. It was a quick strike. They were engaged by the Syrians, they dropped their ordnance and scooted out of there,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Syria warns flyovers will have tragic consequences (yeah, they'll send Kucinich back to our shores)

UPDATE: Body Parts reports: Israeli pilot apparently finds nuclear materials in Syria. The story here.

UPDATE: The NORKS are crying over their Syrian nuke installations; heh

North Korea denounces alleged Israeli attack on Syria (NY Sun)
A rare statement by Kim Jong Il's regime, which denounced Israel's incursion into Syria last week, raised speculations about a possible North Korean role in Middle East tensions.  Pyongyang rarely issues public statements about world affairs, but on Tuesday, it became the only non-Muslim country to condemn Israel, calling its alleged air operation in Syria "a very dangerous provocation." The rare statement came just as press reports from Washington said Israel had recently used its air force in an attempt to document alleged transfers of North Korean nuclear technology to Syria.  Four years ago, a former U.N. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton — a State Department official at the time — made several references to nuclear cooperation between Syria and North Korea during a congressional briefing, said a Washington source familiar with the testimony, who asked that his name not be used.  Mr. Bolton's congressional testimony, part of which was made in a closed-door session, received little notice at the time. Later, during the prolonged confirmation hearings for the ambassadorial post at the United Nations, some of his Senate detractors accused Mr. Bolton of "distorting" intelligence data, citing his previous testimony on Syria's nuclear ties to Pyongyang.  Yesterday, an unidentified Bush administration source was quoted by the New York Times as saying that Israel now believes North Korea might be "unloading" nuclear materials in Syria. Pyongyang has reportedly promised the administration's negotiator, Christopher Hill, that by the end of this year, it would deliver on agreements made last winter. The promise, as well as a recent invitation of foreign nuclear inspectors to North Korea, indicated a faster denuclearization than previously thought. But the Bush administration official told the New York Times that "the Israelis think North Korea is selling to Iran and Syria what little they have left" of their nuclear program.

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