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With Syria reactor video, U.S. sends a warning

Autor: "Michael Laudahn eOpposition" (2008-04-24 21:13:36)

It lets potential nuclear proliferators Iran and North Korea know its
watching.


Washington - US intelligence officials have a message for potential nuclear
proliferators: Were watching you, and we see more than you think.

Thats the conclusion some experts draw from the US governments unusual
April 24 release of evidence that Syria may have been building a nuclear
reactor with North Korean assistance.

Israeli warplanes bombed the Syrian site on Sept. 6, 2007. This week, a US
delegation is in North Korea pressing the Pyongyang regime for a full
accounting of all its nuclear activities, including aid for Syria or any
other country.

"This is very striking data to make public. Its clearly intended as a
broader message to both the Syrian and North Korean governments," says
Anthony Cordesman, a senior military analyst at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies in Washington.

It is also possible that the US is sending a warning to Iran, says Mr.
Cordesman. If Syria was developing a nuclear-weapons program, it would need
fissile fuel for the reactor, a means of processing spent fuel, and design
help, as well as the reactor itself.

"There really seem to be only two countries Syria could turn to" for such
items, he says. "While everybody is focused on North Korea, Iran is
obviously the other."

The evidence given broad distribution in Washington on April 24 is
considered by US intelligence to be extremely compelling. It reportedly
includes visual confirmation that the core of the Syrian reactor design
bears a remarkable resemblance to North Koreans Yongbyon reactor, which
itself was copied from old Soviet plans.

A video showing purported North Korean personnel with Syrians inside the
site is also part of a presentation US intelligence made to six
congressional committees.

The new information "provides dramatic confirmation that the Syrian site ...
was a nuclear reactor," concludes an analysis by David Albright and Paul
Brannan, researchers at the Institute for Science and International Security
(ISIS).

Previous analyses by Mr. Albright had identified the site, approximately 145
kilometers from the Iraqi border along the Euphrates River, as a possible
reactor. Prior to its bombing by Israeli warplanes, it contained a large,
square building with pumps and other equipment necessary for reactor
operation.

Since the bombing, a hill near the site has been bulldozed, and the dirt
used to cover the destroyed foundation, according to ISIS. A smaller
building with a peaked roof has been built over the site.

But ISIS also notes that the US and Israel have not identified any Syrian
plutonium separation or nuclear weaponization facilities.

"The absence of such facilities gives little confidence that the reactor was
part of an active nuclear weapons program," says the ISIS analysis.

Syria has refused to allow UN weapons inspectors access to the site, and has
denied all reports of a nuclear program. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
has previously said that the Israeli jets targeted empty military buildings.

Mohammad Habbash, a member of Syrias parliament, believes the new
allegations are being made to scupper any peace talks between Syria and
Israel. Recent reports have suggested that the two nations have resumed a
dialogue, with Turkey as a mediator.

In some ways, Israel benefits from the release of the information in
Washington: it avoids inflaming Syria further against Israel, yet enhances
Israels deterrence capability.

The revelation of alleged North Korean cooperation comes at a sensitive time
for Pyongyang. Under an agreement reached last year, North Korea is required
to give a full account of its nuclear activities, including whether it has
proliferated nuclear technology. North Korea claims it gave a full
declaration to the US in November, but US officials say the North never
produced a full and correct declaration.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0425/p02s02-usfp.html



--
If politicians through their policies ruin the constitutional basis of the
state, the justice system must intervene. Mass immigration from mohammedan
countries is an example for such a policy. So why doesnt the justice system
intervene? Answer: They are the same criminally insane individuals as are
the politicians. So only a coup détat by the military can save our
societies.

Autor: "Michael Laudahn eOpposition" (2008-04-24 21:13:36)




Autor: "Michael Laudahn eOpposition" (2008-04-24 21:13:36)

It lets potential nuclear proliferators Iran and North Korea know its
watching.


Washington - US intelligence officials have a message for potential nuclear
proliferators: Were watching you, and we see more than you think.

Thats the conclusion some experts draw from the US governments unusual
April 24 release of evidence that Syria may have been building a nuclear
reactor with North Korean assistance.

Israeli warplanes bombed the Syrian site on Sept. 6, 2007. This week, a US
delegation is in North Korea pressing the Pyongyang regime for a full
accounting of all its nuclear activities, including aid for Syria or any
other country.

"This is very striking data to make public. Its clearly intended as a
broader message to both the Syrian and North Korean governments," says
Anthony Cordesman, a senior military analyst at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies in Washington.

It is also possible that the US is sending a warning to Iran, says Mr.
Cordesman. If Syria was developing a nuclear-weapons program, it would need
fissile fuel for the reactor, a means of processing spent fuel, and design
help, as well as the reactor itself.

"There really seem to be only two countries Syria could turn to" for such
items, he says. "While everybody is focused on North Korea, Iran is
obviously the other."

The evidence given broad distribution in Washington on April 24 is
considered by US intelligence to be extremely compelling. It reportedly
includes visual confirmation that the core of the Syrian reactor design
bears a remarkable resemblance to North Koreans Yongbyon reactor, which
itself was copied from old Soviet plans.

A video showing purported North Korean personnel with Syrians inside the
site is also part of a presentation US intelligence made to six
congressional committees.

The new information "provides dramatic confirmation that the Syrian site ...
was a nuclear reactor," concludes an analysis by David Albright and Paul
Brannan, researchers at the Institute for Science and International Security
(ISIS).

Previous analyses by Mr. Albright had identified the site, approximately 145
kilometers from the Iraqi border along the Euphrates River, as a possible
reactor. Prior to its bombing by Israeli warplanes, it contained a large,
square building with pumps and other equipment necessary for reactor
operation.

Since the bombing, a hill near the site has been bulldozed, and the dirt
used to cover the destroyed foundation, according to ISIS. A smaller
building with a peaked roof has been built over the site.

But ISIS also notes that the US and Israel have not identified any Syrian
plutonium separation or nuclear weaponization facilities.

"The absence of such facilities gives little confidence that the reactor was
part of an active nuclear weapons program," says the ISIS analysis.

Syria has refused to allow UN weapons inspectors access to the site, and has
denied all reports of a nuclear program. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
has previously said that the Israeli jets targeted empty military buildings.

Mohammad Habbash, a member of Syrias parliament, believes the new
allegations are being made to scupper any peace talks between Syria and
Israel. Recent reports have suggested that the two nations have resumed a
dialogue, with Turkey as a mediator.

In some ways, Israel benefits from the release of the information in
Washington: it avoids inflaming Syria further against Israel, yet enhances
Israels deterrence capability.

The revelation of alleged North Korean cooperation comes at a sensitive time
for Pyongyang. Under an agreement reached last year, North Korea is required
to give a full account of its nuclear activities, including whether it has
proliferated nuclear technology. North Korea claims it gave a full
declaration to the US in November, but US officials say the North never
produced a full and correct declaration.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0425/p02s02-usfp.html



--
If politicians through their policies ruin the constitutional basis of the
state, the justice system must intervene. Mass immigration from mohammedan
countries is an example for such a policy. So why doesnt the justice system
intervene? Answer: They are the same criminally insane individuals as are
the politicians. So only a coup détat by the military can save our
societies.