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Syrian President Bashar Assad. (Reuters Archives) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 21:04 02/10/2007 IDF lifts censorship of Sept. 6 IAF strike on target inside Syria By Amir Oren, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: air strike, Israel, Syria  The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday lifted censorship on the fact that the Israel Air Force carried out an air strike against a target deep in Syrian territory on September 6. In an unusually strict measure, the military censor had prevented Israeli media from reporting on the strike, unless the reports were based on revelations in the foreign press. The IDF is still maintaining censorship on the details of the air strike, including the target, which troop forces were involved, the success of the strike, and the decision-making process that led up to it. Advertisement The censorship was lifted following a Haaretz request, primarily due to the fact that Syrian President Bashar Assad confirmed the air strike in an interview broadcast by the British Broadcasting corp. on Monday. (For more, click here to watch Haaretz.com TV) Assad told the BBC that Israeli warplanes attacked an unused military building, the first time Syria officially acknowledged an air raid had taken place. Assad charged that the Israeli airstrike showed that Israel is not interested in making peace. Israel cannot talk about peace and carry out their attacks against a neighboring country, he said. Assad also said his country does not want nuclear projects, civilian or military. We're not interested in any nuclear activity, he said. We don't even mention a peaceful reactor for electricity. Previously, Syrian officials had said only that the Israeli warplanes entered the country's airspace, came under fire from anti-aircraft defenses, and dropped munitions and fuel tanks over northeastern Syria to lighten their loads while they fled. Assad said the raid last month showed Israel's visceral antipathy toward peace. According to foreign media reports, the air strike apparently targeted a North Korea-built nuclear facility in northeastern Syria. Syria and North Korea, however, have both vehemently denied any nuclear cooperation. Related articles: ANALYSIS: Local media base IAF strike reports on world press J'lem outraged by Netanyahu's admission of IAF strike on Syria Report: IDF raid seized nuclear material before Syria air strike Syria: There are no N. Korea-Syria nuclear facilities whatsoever Chronology of Israeli-Syrian relations Bookmark to del.icio.us Virtual diplomacy Peres Center to distribute computer game simulating the peace process. Size does matter A giant Israeli flag at Masada breaks world record for largest in world.   1.   israel wants war 13:44  |  bashar asshead 02/10/07   2.   an empty bulding..nice story Mr. Assad, liar as usual 13:49  |  maurice 02/10/07   3.   Sense 13:59  |  jjvanka 02/10/07   4.   Good! Now the truth will come out within 24 hrs. 14:06  |  Murray of Montreal 02/10/07   5.   jjwanker 14:13  |  Israeli 02/10/07   6.   Nothing more than a roost 14:18  |  Chaim Gorenstein 02/10/07   7.   #2 Maurice 14:18  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/10/07   8.   Lies, exaggerations and deception 14:32  |  Rabbi Izzy Lahm 02/10/07   9.   Your Air Space Assad 14:36  |  Andy 02/10/07   10.   after all... 14:38  |  mike 02/10/07   11.   The truth would not give Israel much mileage 14:45  |  Tim 02/10/07   12.   #3 jjvanka censors crucial details about censorship 15:01  |  CK Tan 02/10/07   13.   to#7 did u ever ear a dictator telling the true ? 15:03  |  maurice 02/10/07   14.   poor Mr. Assad, where are the journalists ? 15:05  |  Jean 02/10/07   15.   #7 Chris - I bet you have to eat your hat within 1 week 15:06  |  Shlomo 02/10/07   16.   Yeah Babe! 15:09  |  Elan 02/10/07   17.   Yeah Babe! 15:13  |  Elan 02/10/07   18.   Assad 15:19  |  Pilly 02/10/07   19.   to Haim Gorentstein 15:28  |  BDB 02/10/07   20.   #7 Linthwaite 15:29  |  * BEN JABO 02/10/07   21.   #3 iivanka 15:31  |  * BEN JABO 02/10/07   22.   #1 Asshead - Great pen name 15:32  |  Bob Kickbutt 02/10/07   23.   #11 - Tim, you have an interesting view of honesty 15:34  |  JES 02/10/07   24.   #11 tim - Toronto 15:34  |  * BEN JABO 02/10/07   25.   Chris Linthwaite`s logic 15:36  |  Fortuna Benmayor 02/10/07   26.   "CENSORSHIP LIFTED FOLLOWING 15:37  |  Robert 02/10/07   27.   Chris Linthwaite #7 15:40  |  S 02/10/07   28.   #7 chris L - do you know or do you not know for certain 15:40  |  CK Tan 02/10/07   29.   THE ONLY DEMOCRACY IN ME 15:41  |  indrajaya 02/10/07   30.   #11 tim - your truth and honesty fall short 15:41  |  CK Tan 02/10/07   31.   unused military building 15:44  |  vik 02/10/07   32.   TO SHLOMO # 15 15:45  |  Robert 02/10/07   33.   Pilly # 18 15:47  |  Robert 02/10/07   34.   Tim the acrobat 15:47  |  Circus performer 02/10/07   35.   To Chaim Gorenstein 15:51  |  Truthmonger 02/10/07   36.   Chris # 7 - I have a bridge to sell you 15:55  |  Jason 02/10/07   37.   What I don`t believe (everybody`s doing it) 16:00  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 02/10/07   38.   To #8..PROZAC! 16:01  |  Wow 02/10/07   39.   #29 indrajaya - here`s the joke you ask for 16:08  |  CK Tan 02/10/07   40.   IDF lifts censorship , now IL medias are zeroing on the money 16:11  |  Joseph E . 02/10/07   41.   I really want peace 16:14  |  Bashar Assad 02/10/07   42.   ISRAELI LIES EXPOSED 16:16  |  David ben amro 02/10/07   43.   NOW-it is unused 16:29  |  Major R 02/10/07   44.   David ben amro / armo / amor / roma / aroma (decide) 16:30  |  Jasmine Murphy 02/10/07   45.   This was intended to provoke Syria into an attack which would 16:35  |  lakshmi 02/10/07   46.   Iran and Syria are going to get wacked 16:36  |  Joseph E . 02/10/07   47.   #Margie in TA - Shalom 16:45  |  CK Tan 02/10/07   48.   seems that Jasmine Murphy on # 44 got a rap going 16:47  |  Joseph E . 02/10/07   49.   #45 - But Lakshmi 16:48  |  JES 02/10/07   50.   Chris#7 - We have a saying in English 16:49  |  William 02/10/07   51.   behind israeli jets strikes 16:51  |  scanadu 02/10/07   52.   Chris#7 - "Assad is a good man" 16:52  |  William 02/10/07   53.   #15 Shlomo 16:54  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/10/07   54.   indrajaya -29 16:56  |  scanadu 02/10/07   55.   How Israel bashers turn everything 180º. 17:00  |  Fortuna Benmayor 02/10/07   56.   #20 Ben Jabo 17:02  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/10/07   57.   # 45 lakshmi " during the show" it would be no surprise 17:05  |  Joseph E . 02/10/07   58.   #45 lakshmi expands her repertoire - now shrills for Syria 17:10  |  CK Tan 02/10/07   59.   #52 William 17:19  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/10/07   60.   #53 Chris L - backpedalling?? So soon??? 17:21  |  CK Tan 02/10/07   61.   Re: tim 17:33  |  senkise vagyok 02/10/07   62.   Re: haaretz request 17:39  |  af ehad 02/10/07   63.   To Tim #11 17:41  |  Lar 02/10/07   64.   Re: fakshmi 17:48  |  lulu 02/10/07   65.   Rabbi 17:48  |  Paul 02/10/07   66.   People Psyk 17:51  |  Paul 02/10/07   67.   To David ben amro # 42 - A FABRICATED lie... 17:59  |  Dolly 02/10/07   68.   linthwaite 18:35  |  BS Sweeper 02/10/07   69.   Raptor Jet Fighter 18:37  |  Omran 02/10/07   70.   The Bottom Line 19:00  |  Nicky 02/10/07   71.   #68 BS Sweeper 19:02  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/10/07   72.   Why raptors? 19:06  |  Paul 02/10/07   73.   Syria 19:09  |  Paul 02/10/07   74.   Certain negations expand others 19:11  |  Paul 02/10/07   75.   #11 Tim of Toronto 19:12  |  Murray of Montreal 02/10/07   76.   How are can you pretend this way? 19:14  |  Paul 02/10/07   77.   Paul ??? 19:21  |  youre confusing me 02/10/07   78.   So what WAS it?! 19:23  |  Esther 02/10/07   79.   Syria and Nuclear Weapons 19:26  |  P. J. Casey 02/10/07   80.   For Chris #7 19:27  |  Esther 02/10/07   81.   foreign speculation is allowed!? 19:32  |  Alef 02/10/07   82.   For Rabbi Lahm #8 19:34  |  Esther 02/10/07   83.   #80 Esther 19:36  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/10/07   84.   The main problem is with the new DM, who 19:39  |  Al Farook 02/10/07   85.   49 JES, bomb Assad`s palace,too obvious! 19:55  |  lakshmi 02/10/07   86.   HEY ASSSAD!!! 19:58  |  Robert 02/10/07   87.   #13 maurice 20:01  |  maoriboy 02/10/07   88.   It is possible that IDF made a mistake... 20:07  |  Michael 02/10/07   89.   To paraphrase Sgt. Shultz 20:13  |  Mark Lincoln 02/10/07   90.   Syria lies to the world, here`s an example! 20:37  |  DR 02/10/07   91.   To Fortuna Benmayor 20:40  |  Otto Rand 02/10/07   92.   Speculation or fact 20:49  |  maoriboy 02/10/07   93.   #37, Margie in Tel Aviv 21:01  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 02/10/07   94.   Fortuna Benmayor #55 21:29  |  TonyL 02/10/07   95.   #71 Linthwaite 22:01  |  * BEN JABO 02/10/07   96.   #29 indrajaya 22:06  |  * BEN JABO 02/10/07   97.   #55 - Linthwaite 22:08  |  * BEN JABO 02/10/07   98.   #69 Omran 22:11  |  * BEN JABO 02/10/07   99.   Maoriboy - I read the article 22:17  |  Mark Lincoln 02/10/07   100.   Paul - why raptors? 22:21  |  Mark Lincoln 02/10/07   101.   #61 - nobody , Re: tim 22:35  |  peter 02/10/07   102.   Chris Linthwaite, are you aware what you`re writing? 22:49  |  Fortuna Benmayor 02/10/07   103.   According to content#11 22:51  |  Paul 02/10/07   104.   #89 Mark Lincoln 22:52  |  maoriboy 02/10/07   105.   What we do know (Mark Lincoln #89) 22:59  |  Tosefta 02/10/07   106.   To Otto Rand # 91 23:04  |  Fortuna Benmayor 02/10/07   107.   jThanks Cipora 23:18  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 02/10/07   108.   Tosfeta - "nuclear material." 23:33  |  Mark Lincoln 02/10/07   109.   #98 Mark Lincoln 23:41  |  maoriboy 02/10/07   110.   To TonyL, # 94, thank you & a thought. 23:44  |  Fortuna Benmayor 02/10/07   111.   Mark Lincoln #107 23:59  |  TonyL 02/10/07   112.   92Maoriboy&99 Mark Lincoln,there is a detailed account by Wayne 00:04  |  lakshmi 03/10/07   113.   Israel`s raid into Syria 00:09  |  Nezam al Jenini 03/10/07   114.   Whatever It Was is Gone and I Say Bravo 00:18  |  Jane 03/10/07   115.   North Korea is being removed from the... 00:30  |  Maureen Ann 03/10/07   116.   Maoirboy - the "breakdown` 00:31  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/07   117.   Chris Linthwaite 00:32  |  rich 03/10/07   118.   Fortuna Benmayor #110 00:35  |  TonyL 03/10/07   119.   Lakshmi - no connection 01:39  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/07   120.   To TonyL #110 01:45  |  Otto Rand 03/10/07   121.   #29 01:45  |  Moshe 03/10/07   122.   TonyL 01:46  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/07   123.   To TonyL #110 01:54  |  Otto Rand 03/10/07   124.   message 02:12  |  Shmuelshachor 03/10/07   125.   Jane, we have not a clue what `it` was 02:32  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/07   126.   Israel air strike in Syria. 02:57  |  Kardijan 03/10/07   127.   Fortuna - capabilities, proababilities, and possibilities 03:31  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/07   128.   #116 Mark Lincoln/Maoriboy. A Breakdown in Chain of Command... 03:37  |  Maureen Ann 03/10/07   129.   #1, mr smart ass 04:09  |  VIPER 03/10/07   130.   #2, stupid maurice 04:11  |  VIPER 03/10/07   131.   Only Very Mentally Defective People Read A Conspiracy Into Every 06:13  |  Eli 03/10/07   132.   Mark Lincoln on Probabilities, Capabilities and Possibilities 06:21  |  Eli 03/10/07   133.   #125 - Not quite 07:41  |  JES 03/10/07   134.   #130 Viper/Apartheid 14:57  |  * BEN JABO 03/10/07   135.   #127 Lincoln 15:05  |  * BEN JABO 03/10/07   136.   #128 Marueen Ann 15:07  |  * BEN JABO 03/10/07   137.   Maureen Ann.... 18:57  |  Silvienne 03/10/07   138.   Silvienne - Don`t hold your breath 11:45  |  * BEN JABO 04/10/07   139.   #138, Ben Jabo... 17:30  |  Silvienne 04/10/07   140.   #131, Well said, Eli from Berkeley! 17:32  |  Silvienne 04/10/07   141.   Assad Had Best Leave 19:53  |  Solon 04/10/07   142.   #139 Silvienne 01:30  |  * BEN JABO 05/10/07   143.   #139, Ben Jabo... 05:28  |  Silvienne 05/10/07   144.   IAF air strike! 12:45  |  the Teacher 26/11/07

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