Subscribe to Print Edition | Sat., October 27, 2007 Cheshvan 15, 5768 | | Israel Time: 00:36 (EST+7)
Haaretz israel news English
web haaretz.com
  Back to Homepage
Print Edition
Diplomacy
Defense Arts & Leisure Real Estate Jewish World National Advertising
Magazine Week's End Business Opinion Rosner's Domain Anglo File Books Travel
del.icio.us
Digg It!  new
Last update - 22:41 06/10/2007
Report: Israel delayed Syria strike due to U.S. hesitance
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service

The Israel Air Force strike on an alleged Syrian nuclear installation on September 6 was supposed to take place on July 14, but was delayed due to hesitance on the part of the Americans, ABC News reported.

The report says that Israel presented the United States with intelligence attesting to the existence of the facility and its connection to North Korea.

Foreign media reports have said that North Korea delivered nuclear material to Syria three days before the attack was carried out.
Advertisement
The United States, embroiled in a war in Iraq partially due to faulty intelligence, was nervous about the accuracy of the information and the implications on the region an attack would have.

ABC also said that U.S. officials held high level meetings to discuss Israel's plans, and that while some officials did support the attack, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was opposed.

An American official told ABC that the U.S. convinced Israel to "confront Syria before attacking."

The report says that by early September, Israel began to fear the plan would be leaked, and decided to go ahead with it.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan arrived in Damascus on Saturday at the start of a Mideast diplomatic. The IAF strike is expected to figure high in Babacan's talks with Syrian officials.

Also on Saturday, the official paper of Syria's ruling Ba'ath Party printed an editorial /a>editorial calling for the return of the Golan Heights, captured by Israel in the 1967 War "by any means necessary."

Related articles
Report: Iran worried over Syrian air defense failure in IAF strike
IDF lifts censorship of Sept. 6 IAF strike on target inside Syria
Report: Russia sent Syria experts to upgrade air defense
Bookmark to del.icio.us
6 years on
Officials say Syria's suspected reactor was under construction in 2001.
Nyet to aliyah
The minister was wrong: Nativ's tactics simply aren't suited to today's Jewish village.
  1.   israel as usual fishing in troubled waters,egging its ally on! 14:44  |  lakshmi 06/10/07
  2.   ISRAEL GOVERNS THE US 14:55  |  indrajaya 06/10/07
  3.   This goes to show who the boss is 15:31  |  American 06/10/07
  4.   We cant afford to dilly-dally like U.S. 15:32  |  Dakkar 06/10/07
  5.   Good Thing Israel Went Ahead With The Strike 16:03  |  Shepherd 06/10/07
  6.   Good Thing Israel Went Ahead With The Strike 16:03  |  Shepherd 06/10/07
  7.   Nuclear installation and nuclear material .. very vague 16:07  |  Natallie Durson 06/10/07
  8.   Where is beef? 16:10  |  Omran 06/10/07
  9.   THIS IS HOT AIR: THERE WAS NO ATTACK 16:14  |  TrippleJump 06/10/07
  10.   Typical Zionists, blame someone else for their FAILURES! 16:45  |  Joe 06/10/07
  11.   exposing previous lies about the Al Hamad ship 17:03  |  Pablo B 06/10/07
  12.   ABC story 18:05  |  steve 06/10/07
  13.   US green light 18:26  |  Flickcool 06/10/07
  14.   To pablo #1 18:37  |  Alfonso Macanudo 06/10/07
  15.   1Triple Jump&2.Pablo B,about those stories! 19:21  |  lakshmi 06/10/07
  16.   #1 - Tripplewhatever 19:22  |  JES 06/10/07
  17.   Opinions, theory and truth 19:25  |  Rabbi Izzy Lahm 06/10/07
  18.   #3 19:32  |  Moshe 06/10/07
  19.   Tripple Jump was there, he didnt tell us before because he`s so 19:46  |  ghost 06/10/07
  20.   #8 19:48  |  Moshe 06/10/07
  21.   Typical Zionists, blame someone else for their FAILURES! 19:51  |  Joe 06/10/07
  22.   abc news 20:12  |  Shmuelshachor 06/10/07
  23.   Billions Of Dollars Of Mullah Stolen Money Being 20:27  |  Eli 06/10/07
  24.   a warning for lakshmi 20:28  |  scanadu 06/10/07
  25.   missing information 20:47  |  John 06/10/07
  26.   Typical Zionists, blame someone else for their FAILURES! 21:09  |  Joe 06/10/07
  27.   The Golan belongs to Israel- forever! 21:31  |  Evan 06/10/07
  28.   #4 21:40  |  Moshe 06/10/07
  29.   Pablo the idiot 21:43  |  Alan 06/10/07
  30.   Part 2: why Iran does not need nuclear bomb 21:55  |  Shahin 06/10/07
  31.   We`ll Be Eating Felafel In Damascus By Noon The Next Day 22:01  |  Yishai Kohen 06/10/07
  32.   Part 3: to Zionist warmongers 22:08  |  Shahin 06/10/07
  33.   #3, #4, #8 "Happy is he who believes" 22:13  |  Yonatan 06/10/07
  34.   Why do the Zionists want another war ? 22:34  |  Shahin 06/10/07
  35.   If it didnt happen 22:36  |  Joel in Albany 06/10/07
  36.   Desperate Zionists are on the Run 22:39  |  Gentile 06/10/07
  37.   Strike delayed 23:00  |  ottomatik 06/10/07
  38.   TrippleJump # 3 23:06  |  ChanahS 06/10/07
  39.   You know there is something wrong with Israel... 23:27  |  Pete 06/10/07
  40.   Only 1 posts was sent out of three 23:36  |  Shahin 06/10/07
  41.   Part 1: Why the US/Israel can`t attack Iran 23:40  |  Shahin 06/10/07
  42.   #10, Yonatan 23:45  |  Hannah 06/10/07
  43.   Part 2: Why Iran does not need nuclear bomb 23:45  |  Shahin 06/10/07
  44.   Part 3: to Zionist warmongers 23:46  |  Shahin 06/10/07
  45.   "due to US hesitance" 23:51  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 06/10/07
  46.   USA nervous about the accuracy of Israel`s `information.` 00:17  |  Maureen Ann 07/10/07
  47.   Warmongering - till when? 00:27  |  Bader S Abu-Ghosh 07/10/07
  48.   Shahin Jan - Boro Goh Bokhor - Mokhet Kharabeh 00:31  |  Eli 07/10/07
  49.   9 SHANIN- we scared now BOY! 00:32  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 07/10/07
  50.   Simulations prove otherwise! 00:35  |  Paul 07/10/07
  51.   Ravens and Zophim of Pisgah 00:37  |  Paul 07/10/07
  52.   Shahin our lives are not that miserable 00:37  |  Jewboy 07/10/07
  53.   Space already is curved! 00:40  |  Paul 07/10/07
  54.   #9 Shahin, you deprived soul. 00:50  |  John Allen 07/10/07
  55.   cripple chump 01:00  |  akiva (zionist) 07/10/07
  56.   Rice Guilty of Treason, She support Radical Factions 01:00  |  J 07/10/07
  57.   strike 01:00  |  samuel 07/10/07
  58.   #3 Tripplejump 01:03  |  John Allen 07/10/07
  59.   #5 Another liberal Bush hater! 01:06  |  John 07/10/07
  60.   Shahin, regards. Hannah, regards. Regards, regards regards... 01:07  |  akiva (zionist) 07/10/07
  61.   #14 O.K. I admit we help support Israel but, 01:18  |  John Allen 07/10/07
  62.   Syrian Humiliation - again 01:20  |  Barry 07/10/07
  63.   #8 lakshmi propaganda&nonsense 01:26  |  tired of the lies 07/10/07
  64.   Another unattributed leak from the US 01:34  |  Mark Lincoln 07/10/07
  65.   Assad on BBC 01:56  |  Truth Approached 07/10/07
  66.   yashir koach 01:56  |  rambo 07/10/07
  67.   #64, Mark Lincoln 03:39  |  Hannah 07/10/07
  68.   I doubt. 03:47  |  Omran 07/10/07
  69.   #46, Maureen Ann 03:47  |  Hannah 07/10/07
  70.   #45, Ms Kohn 03:52  |  Hannah 07/10/07
  71.   #41,43,44, Shahin 03:56  |  Hannah 07/10/07
  72.   Israel Defense Prerogative 04:01  |  Brod 07/10/07
  73.   #64.... 05:24  |  Jean Laffitte 07/10/07
  74.   Shahin 05:29  |  Nemesis 07/10/07
  75.   #69 Hannah. The power drunk clowns... 05:30  |  Maureen Ann 07/10/07
  76.   #70, Hannah 05:43  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/10/07
  77.   #72, Brod 05:50  |  Hannah 07/10/07
  78.   #4, Dakkar... 08:21  |  Silvienne 07/10/07
  79.   #10, Joe... 08:23  |  Silvienne 07/10/07
  80.   #60, akiva (zionist) 08:29  |  Silvienne 07/10/07
  81.   #59, John in Sharon Springs.. 08:33  |  Silvienne 07/10/07
  82.   OF COURSE WE HAD TO WAIT OUT FOR 12:15  |  Robert 07/10/07
  83.