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Syria: There are no N. Korea-Syria nuclear facilities whatsoever
By Barak Ravid, Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: Israel, North Korea, Syria 

Syria's ambassador to Washington denied Friday reports in the American media that an Israel Air Force strike on his country 10 days ago targeted a nuclear project being undertaken with the cooperation of North Korea.

In an interview to Newsweek, Imad Moustapha called the reports "absolutely, totally, fundamentally ridiculous and untrue."

"There are no nuclear North Korean-Syrian facilities whatsoever in Syria," Moustapha said.
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The Washington Post on Saturday quoted an American Middle East expert as saying that the alleged IAF strike in northern Syria was directly connected to a shipment Syria received from North Korea three days earlier.

The expert spoke on condition of anonymity in order to protect his sources, who the report said are comprised of "Israeli participants" in the strike. He said the shipment was labeled as cement, but Israel believed it carried nuclear equipment.

The U.S. daily said the expert believed the IAF strike targeted a facility the Syrians claim serves as an "agricultural research center," but Israel believes is used to extract uranium from phosphates.

The Washington Post also reported that the secrecy of the mission, on which Israel refuses to release details, was extended to those who carried it out. He said that the pilots providing cover for the aircraft that attacked the facility were not given specifics of the mission, and the pilots who actually carried out the strike were only briefed after they were in the air.

While neither side has explained what exactly happened in the early hours of September 6, a number of Israeli and American officials have speculated that the alleged attack was designed to thwart the possible development of Syrian nuclear capabilities.

The Nuclear Threat Initiative, an organization seeking to stop the spread of non-conventional weapons in the world, said that Syria began testing uranium deposits found on its territory in the late 1980s and subsequently began attempting to extract uranium from its vast phosphates reserves. It then constructed an experimental micro-plant in the central Syrian city of Homs with the assistance of the Atomic Energy Commission, to study the process of extracting uranium from phosphoric acid, the organization said.

According to NTI, the micro-plant was designed to form the basis of an industrial-size plant which would supply a nuclear reactor if Syria ever built one.

A senior U.S. nuclear official said on Friday that North Koreans were in Syria and that Damascus may have had contacts with secret suppliers to obtain nuclear technology.

"Syria was on the U.S. nuclear watch list," said acting deputy assistant secretary for nuclear nonproliferation policy Andrew Semmel, asserting that foreign technicians were in the country and that there had been possible contacts with suppliers for nuclear equipment.

Semmel didn't name the suppliers, but said that he couldn't exclude that the network run by disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan was possibly involved.

The Washington Post reported Thursday that Israel had gathered satellite imagery showing possible North Korean cooperation with Syria on a nuclear facility.

North Korea, which has a long alliance with Syria, condemned the Israeli air incursion. Israeli experts say North Korea and Iran both have been major suppliers of Syria's missile stock.

"There are indicators that they do have something going on there, he said," Semmel said. "We do know that there are a number of foreign technicians that have been in Syria. We do know that there may have been contact between Syria and some secret suppliers for nuclear equipment. Whether anything transpired remains to be seen."

"So good foreign policy, good national security policy, would suggest that we pay very close attention to that," he said. "We're watching very closely. Obviously, the Israelis were watching very closely."

Asked if the suppliers could have been North Koreans, he said: "There are North Korean people there. There's no question about that. Just as there are a lot of North Koreans in Iraq and Iran."

Asked if the so-called Khan network, which supplied nuclear technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea, could have been involved, he said he wouldn't exclude it.

In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack declined to comment on Semmel's remarks, but noted that the United States had long-standing concerns about North Korea and nuclear proliferation.

"We've also expressed, over time, our concerns about North Korea's activities in terms of dealing with A.Q. Khan and others around the globe," he told reporters.

McCormack said he was not aware of any specific link between North Korea and Syria.

'Safe havens' for nuclear activity

The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, said North Korea may be using Syria and Iran as "safe havens" for its nuclear activity, and another U.S. official was quoted as saying Damascus may be building a nuclear facility with North Korean assistance.

Bolton recently told Haaretz that United States President George W. Bush warned North Korea last year against transferring nuclear material to Syria, Iran or a terrorist organization, saying such a move would be perceived as a "grave threat."

Bolton, now affiliated with the "American Enterprise Institute" in Washington, served Bush in his first term as Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. In that capacity, as well as later, he clashed with other officials, most notably from CIA, regarding Syria's nuclear plans.

A former Israeli official who would not be named said he had heard the attack had been carried out against a facility capable of producing non-conventional weapons.

In an interview on Fox News on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in response to a question on reports of Syrian nuclear development, that her government is working to prevent "the world's most dangerous people from having the world's most dangerous weapons."

Rice did not refer directly to Syria at any point, but said, "That's why we have a Proliferation Security Initiative that tries to intercept dangerous cargos. So this is something that's been at the highest point of the President's agenda since he came into power and we work every day and we watch it every day and we're vigilant about it and we're determined."

Fox also quoted U.S. sources as saying North Korea had apparently transferred to Syria information, technology and uranium-enrichment equipment.

According to a Washington Post report, a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said recent satellite images gathered over the past six months, mostly by Israeli sources, indicate Syria may be building such a facility.

Access to the information has been heavily restricted to a team headed by security adviser Stephen J. Hadley, leaving many in the intelligence community unaware of the reports' significance, the Post quoted sources as saying.

Reuters reported Wednesday that U.S. officials had confirmed that the IAF strike, but would not discuss the intended targets.

"The strike I can confirm. The target, I can't," said one U.S. official, adding that there had been more than one strike. Another official called reports on the likely targets "confused."

The New York Times said Wednesday that likely targets were weapons caches Israel believed Iran was sending to Hezbollah via Syria, a claim dismissed later in the day by the Syrian ambassador to the United Nations.

"This is blah blah. This is nonsense, this is an unfounded statement. It is not up to the Israelis or anyone else to assess what we have in Syria," said Bashar Ja'afari.

"There was no target, they dropped their munitions. They were running away after they were confronted by our air defense," he added.

The New York Times quoted a Defense Department official as saying the IAF struck at least one target in northeastern Syria, but said it was unclear what the target was and what was the extent of the damage.

Syria said Friday that there would be no military response to the incident. Damascus protested Tuesday to the United Nations about the strike.

Israel has repeatedly declined to comment on the matter, but American television network CNN reported Tuesday that the Israeli government is "very happy with the successful operation."

Senior CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour, citing Middle Eastern and Washington sources, said aircraft and possibly even ground forces, who may have directed the planes to their target, took part in the operation.

The attack left "a big hole in the desert," the report said. CNN quoted U.S. government and military sources as saying they were "happy to have Israel convey to both Syria and Iran the message that they can get in and out and strike when necessary."

Al-Jaafari said Israel had violated Syrian air space and dropped munitions, but denied that Israel had landed troops inside Syria.

"This is absolutely not true," he said, adding that the reports were an attempt to show that Israel could land troops wherever it wants.

The only countries that have expressed solidarity with Syria are Iran and North Korea. Russia issued a condemnation of sorts.

Report: U.S. says Israel took images of Syria atomic facility

Meanwhile, the New York Times on Wednesday quoted a Bush Administration official as saying Israel had recently photographed possible nuclear installations in Syria.

"The Israelis think North Korea is selling to Iran and Syria what little they have left," the New York Times quoted the official as saying.

"One Bush administration official said Israel had recently carried out reconnaissance flights over Syria, taking pictures of possible nuclear installations that Israeli officials believed might have been supplied with material from North Korea," the paper wrote.

"The administration official said Israeli officials believed that North Korea might be unloading some of its nuclear material on Syria," the report said.
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  1.   Part of gaza should be one of those holes made 03:16  |  Avi 12/09/07
  2.   An Israeli strike against Hizbull arms would leave more than 03:27  |  Jake 12/09/07
  3.   I hope CNN is wrong 03:34  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  4.   UN should thank Israel 03:37  |  Brod 12/09/07
  5.   A government of imitators 03:43  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  6.   Bravo Israel!! Bless you IDF! 03:55  |  Nechama 12/09/07
  7.   May I have a shovel? 04:34  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  8.   Tosefta - a government of imitators 04:39  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  9.   Israeli gov`t should hire media consultants 04:56  |  Jonathan 12/09/07
  10.   Syrian arms shipment 05:17  |  KNOE 12/09/07
  11.   Toserta, not quite 05:22  |  Jake 12/09/07
  12.   Mark Lincoln, feel comfy insulting Israeli leaders 05:26  |  Jake 12/09/07
  13.   Mark Lincoln-This is Classic Barak 05:33  |  Jane 12/09/07
  14.   If you believe this story, they have a bridge they`ll sell you 05:40  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  15.   #12, Jake... 06:05  |  Silvienne 12/09/07
  16.   Johnboy... 06:06  |  Silvienne 12/09/07
  17.   JOHNBOY 06:10  |  Brant 12/09/07
  18.   Much Ado About Nothing 06:15  |  Natallie Durson 12/09/07
  19.   should have done last war warned off iran syria they are now on n 06:21  |  ralph 12/09/07
  20.   Johnboy, you don`t... 06:23  |  Yehoshua 12/09/07
  21.   WELL DONE IAF!! 06:26  |  Optimus Prime 12/09/07
  22.   sneek attack 06:34  |  KNOE 12/09/07
  23.   Breaking international laws 06:34  |  Neil 12/09/07
  24.   So... johnboy has all the answers 06:36  |  dan 12/09/07
  25.   Fair Game 06:40  |  Dan 12/09/07
  26.   BRAVO IAF!!! It`s about time! 06:53  |  Lebanese Joe 12/09/07
  27.   So where is Syria`s response ? 06:59  |  Tareq 12/09/07
  28.   Peace with arabs = nonsense 07:11  |  Jew for justice 12/09/07
  29.   Good Start 07:11  |  Danite 12/09/07
  30.   Over-Analyzing/Shrining 07:11  |  Common Sense/Realist 12/09/07
  31.   Johnboy: it seems that 07:20  |  pro bono publico 12/09/07
  32.   I thought UNSC ordered Syria, with resolution 1701, not to allow 07:21  |  Dafna 12/09/07
  33.   To #24 07:25  |  Boris 12/09/07
  34.   #7 Lincoln 07:26  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  35.   #15 Silvienne re: Mark Lincoln 07:30  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  36.   I don`t think that Israel will 07:33  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  37.   Hitler Was Stopped., What about Syria and Iran? 07:33  |  Dave Levy 12/09/07
  38.   Tosefta 07:33  |  Archimades 12/09/07
  39.   #23 Neil - Australia 07:37  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  40.   You know you`re in trouble when 07:40  |  Jacob Blues 12/09/07
  41.   Neil 07:42  |  Bernice 12/09/07
  42.   Mark Lincoln, graduate of Maven U. 07:43  |  Jacob Blues 12/09/07
  43.   Johnboy #14 08:13  |  Archimades 12/09/07
  44.   #16 Can I point something out to you, Silvienne 08:14  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  45.   #17 Brant, let me lead you through real slowl 08:29  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  46.   part of gaza should be one of those holes made 08:44  |  sealman 12/09/07
  47.   #30 I see the moonbeams are talking to you to, Pro Bono... 08:48  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  48.   GO Israel GO! 08:49  |  inisrael 12/09/07
  49.   Really, Christiane Amanpour is with AIPAC? 08:57  |  David 12/09/07
  50.   Nuke, nuke. Who`s there? 09:07  |  Mark 12/09/07
  51.   They captured photographs of nuclear sights 09:08  |  Adel 12/09/07
  52.   Photographing by the IDF 09:11  |  Maurice 12/09/07
  53.   # 27 09:13  |  Adel 12/09/07
  54.   WELL, WELL, WELL, A US OFFICIAL? 09:24  |  indrajaya 12/09/07
  55.   Did Olmert even know about this? 09:25  |  H50 12/09/07
  56.   What about thouse tens of UNSC resolution about Israel 09:28  |  Petteri 12/09/07
  57.   The plot thickens 09:29  |  Clickfool 12/09/07
  58.   Qassam Missiles Tearing Israeli Sky 09:30  |  Like Whistles 12/09/07
  59.   Alleged Nuclear Facilities... 09:38  |  Maureen Ann 12/09/07
  60.   Neil 09:41  |  Nephtaly 12/09/07
  61.   then,after all 09:47  |  scanadu 12/09/07
  62.   Surely Bolton is no longer "a US official"? 09:51  |  Rowan Berkeley 12/09/07
  63.   "Has yet to come" means 09:52  |  Uncle Sam 12/09/07
  64.   Comments 09:59  |  Gabe 12/09/07
  65.   Danite #28 Not so fast 10:16  |  Tzfonit 12/09/07
  66.   re: Jake 10:19  |  Efox 12/09/07
  67.   johnboy your explanations of syrias humiliation 10:29  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  68.   johnboy to mark lincoln 10:31  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  69.   Desperation, bullying or lack of originality, Tosefta? 10:31  |  Angelique 12/09/07
  70.   Brant I salute you 10:34  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 12/09/07
  71.   NEIL If the opposition had the wherewithal No more Israel. 10:34  |  PETER S.M. 12/09/07
  72.   Air Strike 10:35  |  Robin 12/09/07
  73.   johnboy you have failed miserably in your analyses 10:45  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  74.   johnboy "syrians bonafides are known" 10:49  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  75.   johnboy and the minister 10:51  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  76.   Can you feel it indrajaya? 10:52  |  Johnny 12/09/07
  77.   johnboy how you have fallen 10:54  |  alice springs 12/09/07
  78.   johnboy "kosher pigs can fly" 10:56  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  79.   Israel wants peace but the cemetary peace 10:56  |  Gil 12/09/07
  80.   johnboy loses it 10:58  |  sydneyopera 12/09/07
  81.   57 11:12  |  alan 12/09/07
  82.   To David 11:17  |  Archive 12/09/07
  83.   could israel have bribed syria to make a fool of itself? 11:19  |  natallie durson 12/09/07
  84.   arab actions 11:25  |  fred 12/09/07
  85.   #43 Archimades, care to look up your UN Charter 11:29  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  86.   Johnboy don`t know squat about the Middle East 11:38  |  B`galil 12/09/07
  87.   zebulon 11:44  |  Nephtaly 12/09/07
  88.   If Syria is a member of the UN and at some point it even set on 11:45  |  Anat 12/09/07
  89.   #3, tosefta and trivial results 11:45  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/09/07
  90.   The israelis are desperate for war that s all 11:48  |  Gisele 12/09/07
  91.   #3,"what if the IDF is living on the glories of its past" 11:49  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/09/07
  92.   #7, Mark L: "which liar do I believe?`" 11:52  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/09/07
  93.   Neil #23 What a Crap! 11:56  |  Brod 12/09/07
  94.   #7,"it also provided information to the other side" 11:56  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/09/07
  95.   #62, Berkely: "evidential value" 12:01  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/09/07
  96.   Clickfool and Friends 12:03  |  Natan 12/09/07
  97.   Johnboy: let me put it like this 12:22  |  pro bono publico 12/09/07
  98.   NO to Syria`s Nuke Threat 12:24  |  Brod 12/09/07
  99.   Clickfool: what DOES appear to be cloying 12:29  |  Archimades 12/09/07
  100.   Israel only wants peace, piece, something 12:30  |  ricki bobbi 12/09/07
  101.   nuclear 12:36  |  peter vdh 12/09/07
  102.   What a Load of.... 12:47  |  nathan 12/09/07
  103.   #95 Tzippora (two can play at mis-spelling) 12:50  |  Rowan Berkeley 12/09/07
  104.   Reply to Brod #98 13:03  |  nathan 12/09/07
  105.   # 85 part 2 13:16  |  Rab Burns 12/09/07
  106.   johnboy you were claiming two hours ago 13:20  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  107.   johnboy is so pedantic 13:22  |  sydneyopera 12/09/07
  108.   89-95 CIPORA JULIANNA KOHN- MY COMPLIMENTS 13:22  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 12/09/07
  109.   Zebulun, the mistake you make about JB is 13:25  |  David Teich 12/09/07
  110.   johnboy the teacher 13:25  |  sydneyopera 12/09/07
  111.   104 like saying you`d trust Pol Pot over the U.S. 13:27  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 12/09/07
  112.   JOHNBOY: My Reply 13:28  |  Brant 12/09/07
  113.   100: wow, Ricki, lay off the Charbucks 13:30  |  David Teich 12/09/07
  114.   #3 Tosefta is right 13:30  |  Ran 12/09/07
  115.   yossi melman and his article 13:33  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  116.   # 14 Johnboy 13:34  |  Lynn 12/09/07
  117.   For Natan # 96 13:42  |  Clickfool 12/09/07
  118.   23 SO ALL s ISREALS" FAULT/RIGHT?? 13:42  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 12/09/07
  119.   nephtaly i concur 13:45  |  zebulon 12/09/07
  120.   Johnboy 13:46  |  Lynn 12/09/07
  121.   MARGIE: I salute you back 13:46  |  Brant 12/09/07
  122.   # 54 WELL, WELL, WELL, Indy 13:51  |  Lynn 12/09/07
  123.   Now wonder North Korea was so pissed off 13:52  |  Avi 12/09/07
  124.   natanyahu "decision to enter war hasty" 13:57  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  125.   Breaking Laws 14:00  |  Petra 12/09/07
  126.   Dafna 32 is right 14:02  |  Briton 12/09/07
  127.   why i am worried about israel 14:04  |  natallie durson 12/09/07
  128.   100 nicki bobbi 14:14  |  charlie 12/09/07
  129.   Nathan #104 14:16  |  Brod 12/09/07
  130.   strange 14:16  |  truth 12/09/07
  131.   Durson, have you considered Gaza 14:17  |  Indrajaya 12/09/07
  132.   NO WONDER N. KOREA WAS SO CRITICAL OF ISRAEL`S ATTACK 14:19  |  Murray of Montreal 12/09/07
  133.   Israel has Syria over a bigger hole than the one 14:21  |  palesitnian 12/09/07
  134.   IF ONLY IRAN HAD BEEN FORCEFULLY DISCOURAGED AT THE OUTSET 14:23  |  Mitch Iginer 12/09/07
  135.   indrajaya gaza sounds good 14:26  |  natallie durson 12/09/07
  136.   Perhaps this message is intended to reach the right recipients 14:27  |  Avi 12/09/07
  137.   # 94 Cipora JK 14:33  |  Lynn 12/09/07
  138.   North Korea Nazi is very Mad Little Nazi 14:33  |  Alon 12/09/07
  139.   I say There, Good Show there IAF!! 14:36  |  Spitfire Wala 12/09/07
  140.   # 104 Reply to nathan of Sydney 14:36  |  Lynn 12/09/07
  141.   IRAN IS NEXT. 14:38  |  common sense 12/09/07
  142.   Reply to Jon #111 and Brod 14:43  |  nathan 12/09/07
  143.   Exactly one of exactly two things is true... 14:46  |  Dr. L. Brnd 12/09/07
  144.   I say Clickfool of Sussex 14:47  |  Spitfire Wala 12/09/07
  145.   #122 Lynn, Indy`s govt is so backward 14:47  |  Jasmine Murphy 12/09/07
  146.   To #127 Good Idea 15:00  |  Frank 12/09/07
  147.   what a load of CRAP 15:01  |  VIPER 12/09/07
  148.   NY Times: IAF recently photographed nuclear facilities in Syria 15:04  |  steve 12/09/07
  149.   Jane of Palm Beach 15:06  |  GABE1 12/09/07
  150.   Johnboy,a general message,admire your patience in dealing with 15:07  |  lakshmi 12/09/07
  151.   #20, yehoshua, quite cowardly 15:08  |  VIPER 12/09/07
  152.   Nothing 15:09  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  153.   #37, DAVE LEVY, the real nazi 15:14  |  VIPER 12/09/07
  154.   Clearly another Fake Natallie Durson post # 127 15:16  |  Clickfool 12/09/07
  155.   # 122, LYNN 15:22  |  indrajaya 12/09/07
  156.   CIPORA 15:27  |  GABE1 12/09/07
  157.   Natallie Durson: Fool #83 15:37  |  CHGODMK 12/09/07
  158.   # 133 palistinian 15:39  |  Lynn 12/09/07
  159.   Avi # 136 15:42  |  Lynn 12/09/07
  160.   Johnboy UN resolutions 15:42  |  Mark T 12/09/07
  161.   #134 15:45  |  sameeh 12/09/07
  162.   # 100 ricki bobbi 15:46  |  Lynn 12/09/07
  163.   IAF air strike /Shana tova 15:48  |  Abu Yusuf 12/09/07
  164.   The fall of the promised land/state 15:51  |  Yousef 12/09/07
  165.   # 44 Johnboy 15:52  |  Lynn 12/09/07
  166.   Israel strike 15:54  |  Danny 12/09/07
  167.   # 7 Mark Lincoln 15:55  |  Lynn 12/09/07
  168.   Bombing a Muslim Country in Ramadan, is another Mistake! 15:56  |  Sharif Hafez 12/09/07
  169.   Avi---Oil 15:56  |  Mark T 12/09/07
  170.   # 5 Tosefta 16:01  |  Lynn 12/09/07
  171.   No Click, the Jews have always been productive citizens 16:01  |  baah lambs 12/09/07
  172.   # 107 re Johnboy 16:02  |  ChanahS 12/09/07
  173.   # 100 Ricki Bobbi 16:09  |  ChanahS 12/09/07
  174.   Assessing Israeli news (MArk Lincoln #7) 16:09  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  175.   Let`s see the photos 16:09  |  Natallie Durson 12/09/07
  176.   # 121 Brant & Margie 16:11  |  ChanahS 12/09/07
  177.   Go For It! 16:12  |  Nicoli 12/09/07
  178.   My garden shed is destroyed. 16:13  |  Ky 12/09/07
  179.   #107 dyslexic, are we sydneyopera? 16:14  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  180.   Johnboy, bridges and kosher pigs 16:18  |  ChanahS 12/09/07
  181.   TO NO 1. 16:21  |  DANNY. 12/09/07
  182.   Mitch, in case you don`t know, Muslims in 16:23  |  spyguy 12/09/07
  183.   #112 Brant tries to find the right key 16:25  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  184.   Johnboy Finally Got It Right 16:28  |  Eli 12/09/07
  185.   Not true... 16:29  |  Kamikaz 12/09/07
  186.   Jane Of Palm Beach 16:32  |  GABE1 12/09/07
  187.   I hope to God that the U.S.A. backs Israel up. 16:33  |  Paul 12/09/07
  188.   #38 Fake Archimedes spinning with the earth 16:35  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  189.   #23 Neil, 16:36  |  howiej 12/09/07
  190.   You mean IDF used Google? 16:37  |  Tim 12/09/07
  191.   Israelim She Ba Taava: Atem Osim Avoda Tova. Shana Tova! 16:38  |  Vittorio 12/09/07
  192.   JOHNBOY 149: Curiouser and Curiouser 16:39  |  Brant 12/09/07
  193.   #171 spyguy and pakistans stability a new year joke ? 16:40  |  victor hardman 12/09/07
  194.   johnboy "you are a zionist are you not" 16:41  |  sydneyopera 12/09/07
  195.   johnboy "syria wallops israel" 16:42  |  sydneyopera 12/09/07
  196.   ChanahS 16:44  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 12/09/07
  197.   Jane - Barak 16:46  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  198.   johnboy to brant 16:47  |  sydneyopera 12/09/07
  199.   #148 VIPER/APARTHEID 16:48  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  200.   johnboy you should listen to chanah 16:50  |  sarah silverman 12/09/07
  201.   Mark Lincoln 16:52  |  Jasmine Murphy 12/09/07
  202.   Israel - would it be just for Syria to now bomb Lebanon? 16:54  |  CNN 12/09/07
  203.   #69 Angelique; how about some understanding? 16:54  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  204.   #159 Sharif Hafez - It`s no mistake 16:55  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  205.   Spyguy - Forget Iran for the moment 16:58  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  206.   16: Because, Silvienne, the US isn`t like you 16:59  |  David Teich 12/09/07
  207.   183: Out of tune JB`s upset others joined the choir 17:02  |  David Teich 12/09/07
  208.   videogameboy walloped upside the head 17:03  |  peter 12/09/07
  209.   Failed commandos raid 17:03  |  Alef 12/09/07
  210.   Lincoln - Now you know 17:04  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  211.   Syria has no sovereignty as far as Israel is concerned 17:05  |  Chick 12/09/07
  212.   Good idea to make money (Bird from Outerspace #91) 17:06  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  213.   #203 toosofta and the red herrings of peace 17:13  |  victor hardman 12/09/07
  214.   WAR ON RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS? WHY NOT? 17:15  |  ISHMAEL ISHMAEL 12/09/07
  215.   Numbers (Lynn #170) 17:18  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  216.   #194, sydneyopera 17:20  |  Silvienne 12/09/07
  217.   The only thing we do know 17:22  |  Harold 12/09/07
  218.   175durson "Let`s see the photos" - News flash just in - 17:24  |  Pssd off American 12/09/07
  219.   ARE SYRIA`S POSSIBLE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS 17:25  |  Dagma 12/09/07
  220.   #192 Brandt tries the high moral tone 17:27  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  221.   MOMMY WHY DO THE JEWISH PEOPLE HATE ALL NON JEWS? 17:28  |  Muhammud al-Swain 12/09/07
  222.   Do as you would be done by, Tosefta 17:31  |  Angelique 12/09/07
  223.   To Mark Lincoln, 17:32  |  ottomatik 12/09/07
  224.   Alef - Can you let us know 17:32  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  225.   CNN # 202 - Response 17:34  |  Jason 12/09/07
  226.   Isreal the greatest contry in the world 17:36  |  David Haselden 12/09/07
  227.   Just like saddam 17:37  |  bo jones 12/09/07
  228.   North Korea and Iran 17:37  |  Lisen 12/09/07
  229.   The usual Israeli shtick 17:41  |  Michael N 12/09/07
  230.   Shana Tova 17:42  |  peter 12/09/07
  231.   A matter of time 17:44  |  Baz Mann 12/09/07
  232.   #195 sydneyopera now needs me to do his thinking for him 17:44  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  233.   To Mr Tosefta,...shana tova 17:45  |  Ugy the she camel 12/09/07
  234.   my garden shed and no 208 17:52  |  Ky 12/09/07
  235.   #160 That`s truly wonderful, Mark T 17:57  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  236.   Ben Jabo... 17:58  |  Silvienne 12/09/07
  237.   DUrson # 175 17:58  |  ChanahS 12/09/07
  238.   No. 1, Avi 18:01  |  W 12/09/07
  239.   may i through the kind offices of haretz 18:06  |  natallie durson 12/09/07
  240.   Shouldn?t they be complaining about the bombings? 18:07  |  Rami 12/09/07
  241.   #207 David appears not to know the difference... 18:07  |  Johnboy 12/09/07
  242.   199/Ben: Hezbollah fought bravely, IDF human shieds/war crimes 18:07  |  Kevin 12/09/07
  243.   Yom Kippur 1973 & Yom Kippur 2007? 18:07  |  curious 12/09/07
  244.   Johnboy,Clickfool,Silvienne,et al,all trying valiantly to stay on 18:09  |  lakshmi 12/09/07
  245.   Syria is self-destructing, how amusing! 18:12  |  Steven A. 12/09/07
  246.   Ben Jabo 18:12  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  247.   Mark Lincoln 18:18  |  tadchase 12/09/07
  248.   Jasmine Murphy 18:18  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  249.   #23 Say Neil; you ask the proverbial question! 18:21  |  ballistic 12/09/07
  250.   What failed commando raid Alef? 18:24  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  251.   #32 Dafna, really, oh please. 18:25  |  ballistic 12/09/07
  252.   Lincoln 18:27  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  253.   Planet Earth to Chick, planet Earth to Chick 18:28  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  254.   #90 Gisele, right you are! 18:29  |  ballistic 12/09/07
  255.   Bomb Dimona 18:30  |  Joe 12/09/07
  256.   # 212 Durson " i humbly put myself forward.my parents were born 18:32  |  17 12/09/07
  257.   johnboy "what in the trade is called rumour" 18:32  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  258.   Numbers (Lynn #170) 18:32  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  259.   johnboy "the syrians must be lying coz they are bad people" 18:34  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  260.   #164 Say Yousef 18:34  |  ballistic 12/09/07
  261.   FYI - The NY Times article 18:35  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  262.   Just what is Micronesia up to,????. 18:39  |  Labhras 12/09/07
  263.   johnboy "OFFICIAL syrian claim" 18:40  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  264.   may i thank the israeli government 18:41  |  lakshmi 12/09/07
  265.   Hitting Syria 18:45  |  ADENI JEW 12/09/07
  266.   I feel more respect for Israel already! 18:48  |  Joe 12/09/07
  267.   Angelique, Cipora, KUTW, Lynn 18:48  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  268.   Lesson No. 1 18:49  |  Ron 12/09/07
  269.   to Perkele #56 18:49  |  Barry 12/09/07
  270.   johnboy "israel went gangbusters against syria" 18:54  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  271.   is johnboy a comedian? 18:56  |  alice springs 12/09/07
  272.   #225 Kevin 19:01  |  * BEN JABO 12/09/07
  273.   The attack left "a big hole in the desert 19:08  |  Dav 12/09/07
  274.   mark lincoln 19:11  |  john 12/09/07
  275.   Nuclear Syria 19:17  |  MichaelF 12/09/07
  276.   Tareq No 27 19:21  |  Adeni Jew 12/09/07
  277.   #175, "Israel says they have photos" 19:22  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/09/07
  278.   #227, Lakshmi... 19:28  |  Silvienne 12/09/07
  279.   Israeli violation of 1701/US violation of NPT 19:29  |  Pablo B 12/09/07
  280.   Oh my this ballistic person was badly brought up 19:29  |  Psychologist 12/09/07
  281.   #225, Kevin & Ben Jabo... 19:30  |  Silvienne 12/09/07
  282.   Mark Lincoln 19:32  |  Jasmine Murphy 12/09/07
  283.   Silvienne like a squirrel 19:33  |  Johnny 12/09/07
  284.   silvienne what does CT stand for? 19:45  |  natallie durson 12/09/07
  285.   re 236 Nor would they care 19:46  |  Devin 12/09/07
  286.   IAS strikes 19:47  |  CHARLES 12/09/07
  287.   Indrayaya or what ever, 19:47  |  ottomatik 12/09/07
  288.   natallie durson "if israel has photos of nuclear 19:49  |  lakshmi 12/09/07
  289.   Unlikely a nuclear facility was bombed 19:51  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  290.   ISRAEL VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS 19:54  |  MAZEN 12/09/07
  291.   This is typical situation where big bullies 19:55  |  Mireille 12/09/07
  292.   I disagree MichaelF 19:55  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  293.   225Kevin,well said,especially the distinction between guerilla 19:58  |  lakshmi 12/09/07
  294.   Shana Tova to friend &... 19:58  |  bat yam 12/09/07
  295.   Pablo B - Israel and Syria 19:59  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  296.   Pablo B. 20:00  |  David Israel 12/09/07
  297.   Jewish Law State: 20:01  |  Tolem the jew 12/09/07
  298.   Pablo B - nothing illegal about Israel bombing Syria 20:03  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  299.   Say Ben Jabo---I anxiously await your response 20:04  |  ballistic 12/09/07
  300.   243, Pablo B 20:08  |  Harry 12/09/07
  301.   we have to praise the british for their work in india 20:09  |  lakshmi 12/09/07
  302.   #237, Tosefta 20:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/09/07
  303.   resp comon sense critic 20:09  |  TOM M 12/09/07
  304.   remember 20:10  |  wh 12/09/07
  305.   Correct Cipora 20:10  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  306.   Shana tova and ramadan mubarak 20:11  |  sh 12/09/07
  307.   Numbers (Lynn #170) 20:13  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  308.   Perhaps, Rami, that is all they have to complain about 20:15  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  309.   tosefta do you have a photo of yourself 20:15  |  natallie durson 12/09/07
  310.   I hope CNN is wrong and that Israel did much more damage to Syria 20:17  |  Genuine Tosefta 12/09/07
  311.   syria doesnt mind being hit 20:19  |  zebulun 12/09/07
  312.   Pablo B - trying again to pass the censor 20:23  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  313.   THE MOST IMPORTANT NORTHCOREAN TARGET 20:24  |  David 12/09/07
  314.   TO PAUL #187 20:27  |  Steve Beikirch 12/09/07
  315.   What is a "nuclear installation"? 20:27  |  tadchase 12/09/07
  316.   has anyone seen the great british architechture 20:31  |  lakshmi 12/09/07
  317.   what air strike, 20:32  |  wh 12/09/07
  318.   #243 20:32  |  Ari 12/09/07
  319.   allah with us 20:34  |  mh 12/09/07
  320.   as if lebanon smart enough to know source of disruptions but let 20:35  |  ralph 12/09/07
  321.   think there are nuclear sites in syria? 20:36  |  ralph 12/09/07
  322.   I came to conclusion he was a wind-up merchant 20:37  |  Danny - Israeli one 12/09/07
  323.   "Effect Rather than Mass" 20:38  |  Sandman 12/09/07
  324.   Re 57 Psst click 20:42  |  Alan the real one 12/09/07
  325.   #244, read the resolution and NPT again 20:42  |  Danny - Israeli one 12/09/07
  326.   Happy new year to my friends on talkback 20:49  |  Alan the real one 12/09/07
  327.   Way to go! There should be MORE operations like this ! 20:50  |  pace306 12/09/07
  328.   Danite... 20:53  |  Ibrahim 12/09/07
  329.   If the CNN story is true 20:59  |  KUTW 12/09/07
  330.   Not worth talking about 21:02  |  Paul Freedman 12/09/07
  331.   Ibrahim 21:13  |  Danite 12/09/07
  332.   lakshmi why do you make up stories 21:14  |  shree ram 12/09/07
  333.   to mark l 21:17  |  EREZ 12/09/07
  334.   i am happy to report that india and israel 21:18  |  lakshmi 12/09/07
  335.   And a happy new year to you too, Ugy and owner #216 21:23  |  Tosefta 12/09/07
  336.   The New York Time story is SO unlikely 21:29  |  Clickfool 12/09/07
  337.   Well said NEIL! 21:29  |  Bill 12/09/07
  338.   328Ibrahim-"What comes after Israel takes out the Alawites ..." 21:31  |  common sense 12/09/07
  339.   to steve #314 21:33  |  EREZ 12/09/07
  340.   lakshmi 21:37  |  Danite 12/09/07
  341.   Welcome back Flashman aka Fagin aka etc etc 21:38  |  Danite 12/09/07
  342.   #332 shree ram 21:39  |  Labhras 12/09/07
  343.   Fake Posts Alert,264,288,301,316 21:42  |  lakshmi 12/09/07
  344.   muhammud al-Swain...why do muslims hate 21:45  |  maria 12/09/07
  345.   Dust in the wind...oooh yeah 21:50  |  Daniel 12/09/07
  346.   Ralph - nuclear sites in Syria 21:54  |  Mark Lincoln 12/09/07
  347.   What is the present day Syrian Airpower? vs whoever 21:55  |  Sandman 12/09/07
  348.   N.Korea & Syria: Birds of Feher Flock Together 21:59  |  Vittorio 12/09/07
  349.   Ibrahim - Regime Change in Syria