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Satellite imagery showing the Syrian site in August (L) and recently. (DigitalGlobe) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 11:14 26/10/2007 Experts: Syria cleared site hit by IAF, apparently to hide evidence By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service A group of analysts said Thursday that satellite imagery has shown that Syria cleared a site believed to have been targeted in an Israel Air Force strike in November, in what was a speedy effort that only raised suspicions regarding the nature of the site. International media reports based on comments by American officials have said that Israel targeted a nuclear facility built with North Korean assistance. Syria has said Israel targeted a largely unused military building, however, and both Damascus and Pyongyang have vehemently denied nuclear cooperation. Israel has refused to confirm the air strike or comment on the reports. Advertisement Satellite images taken recently, two months after the strike, show the area was completely cleared out. On Wednesday, the same group of analysts said photographs taken prior to the September 6 strike pointed to the facility being a nuclear reactor similar to the North Korean design. Those photographs were published by the Washington Post. For more, watch Haaretz.com TV The images were analyzed by a team of experts at the Institute for Science and International Security, headed by David Albright, a former UN weapons inspector. The Syrians "are clearly trying to conceal evidence," he said. Related articles: IDF lifts censorship of Sept. 6 IAF strike on target inside Syria Report: Israel delayed Syria strike due to U.S. hesitance Report: IDF raid seized nuclear material before Syria air strike 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.   I wonder if the Iranians will clean up as fast as the Syrians? 00:03  |  bat yam 26/10/07   2.   The islamists are powerless, can do nothing 00:12  |  Johnny 26/10/07   3.   NONSENSE Johnboy said planes just dropped bombs in the sand 00:32  |  PETER S.M. 26/10/07   4.   I have been studying the photos 00:36  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/07   5.   I too have been studying the pictures 00:56  |  Professor Rolf Oulan 26/10/07   6.   Yeah Babe! 00:57  |  Elan 26/10/07   7.   If it was the type of nuclear reactor 01:02  |  Chris Linthwaite 26/10/07   8.   The unfortunate Syria raid/aftermath 01:10  |  Tosefta 26/10/07   9.   Hey, they are just clean freaks, that`s all 01:17  |  Dan 26/10/07   10.   They are just preparing the agricultural station for seeding 01:19  |  Dan 26/10/07   11.   How can clean a site that does not exist? 01:25  |  Dan 26/10/07   12.   #3 01:51  |  David 26/10/07   13.   So Syria cleans up the mess that israel made in clear violation 02:04  |  lakshmi 26/10/07   14.   Chris Linthwaite 02:30  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/07   15.   Tosefta - assumptions 02:39  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/07   16.   HOW ELSE CAN ISRAEL SAVE EUROPE FROM N.KOREAN MUSLIM NUKES?!? 02:41  |  Mitch Iginer 26/10/07   17.   LOTS OF AMBULANCES CAME TO THE "largely unused military building" 02:43  |  AL TZVEISHTEIN 26/10/07   18.   Tosefta - assumptions and facts 02:45  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/07   19.   A few other observations 03:05  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/07   20.   `stupid way`? 03:05  |  H.M 26/10/07   21.   No dome, no cooling towers 03:06  |  Omran 26/10/07   22.   The road to the crapper? 03:12  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/07   23.   Absolutely ridiculous 03:14  |  Steve 26/10/07   24.   #10 Lakshmuck`s Idiotic Logic 03:14  |  Bill Foonman 26/10/07   25.   Money is not the issue (Mark Lincoln #15) 03:16  |  Tosefta 26/10/07   26.   Lakshmi - think for a change, and look carefully 03:17  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/07   27.   What analysts? AIPAC paid analysts? 03:38  |  Dutch Dirk 26/10/07   28.   Linthwaite 03:41  |  Greg 26/10/07   29.   Interesting question Lakshmi#10 - consider this 04:06  |  William 26/10/07   30.   Marc Lincoln: your trained "loops" amaze me 04:10  |  Richard S 26/10/07   31.   The same is true of America at the WTC site 04:34  |  Natallie Durson 26/10/07   32.   #5 Linthwaite 04:57  |  * BEN JABO 26/10/07   33.   #15 Lincoln 05:06  |  * BEN JABO 26/10/07   34.   Luckily You Can`t Hide Much These Days 05:12  |  Jane 26/10/07   35.   If you wanted proof, you should have had IAEA inspectors go 05:14  |  Pablo B 26/10/07   36.   #4 Elan - why do you think the IAF went anywhere near AA sites? 05:30  |  Pablo B 26/10/07   37.   Mark Lincoln breaks out his spectacles 06:12  |  Jacob Blues 26/10/07   38.   Albright doesn`t have such a great record Shmuel 06:13  |  Rowan Berkeley 26/10/07   39.   Tosefta`s shocked, Shocked! That Israel didn`t run to the UN 06:18  |  Jacob Blues 26/10/07   40.   Lakshmi, you lost your temper # 10 06:21  |  Fortuna Benmayor 26/10/07   41.   Lakshmi 06:28  |  geoff 26/10/07   42.   For Tosefta # 6 06:33  |  Fortuna Benmayor 26/10/07   43.   #3 Just out of curiosity, Mark 06:38  |  JES 26/10/07   44.   For Mark Lincoln # 3 06:41  |  Fortuna Benmayor 26/10/07   45.   expert opinions wanted 06:56  |  ELAN 26/10/07   46.   IAEA... cos they`re doing such a great job in Iran 07:00  |  ELAN 26/10/07   47.   Crazy double standards! 07:03  |  Deborah 26/10/07   48.   Easy: 35°39`23.68"N and 39°49`27.19"E 07:07  |  Fortuna Benmayor 26/10/07   49.   wheres that big hole?lies lies and more lies 08:19  |  VIPER 26/10/07   50.   Remember these "analysts" before the Iraq War? 08:46  |  Clickfool 26/10/07   51.   See, who says Assad is stupid... 08:50  |  Billy Joe 26/10/07   52.   Assad was seen taking part in the cleaning 08:52  |  MiddleStanian 26/10/07   53.   Deborah`s flawed logic 09:19  |  Ehud 26/10/07   54.   #2 Look at the photo, PETER SM 09:34  |  Johnboy 26/10/07   55.   Photos of a square building that`s no longer there 09:43  |  Clickfool 26/10/07   56.   If the Syrians would have had nothing to hide.... 10:17  |  Daniel 26/10/07   57.   Experts, the "photos", too, are a smokescreen 10:46  |  sh 26/10/07   58.   Are these the photographs analysed? 11:01  |  Jasmine Murphy 26/10/07   59.   For Jasmine Murphy # 58 11:17  |  Clickfool 26/10/07   60.   OK Clickfool, so not enough evidence: 11:41  |  Stan 26/10/07   61.   amateur image analysts - Mark Lincoln 11:45  |  Rich 26/10/07   62.   A group of analysts 11:50  |  Spoff 26/10/07   63.   more crap from jb and the yellow streak 11:53  |  victor hardman 26/10/07   64.   Double speak from israel 11:59  |  two-sided coin 26/10/07   65.   For Bat Yam # 1 12:03  |  Clickfool 26/10/07   66.   No-one gets rid of evidence... 12:14  |  Maureen Ann 26/10/07   67.   Fortuna: re Lakshmi`s fatal flaw 12:21  |  Jasmine Murphy 26/10/07   68.   Jane - what you can hide 12:30  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/07   69.   SHOW US PICTURES OF THE ISRAELI REACTOR? 12:37  |  TrippleJump 26/10/07   70.   What`s the problem anyway... Israel has a reactor 12:37  |  kokonot 26/10/07   71.   Mark Lincoln- question on your thoughts.... 12:50  |  Tess 26/10/07   72.   Are these the same "fabulius" experts C`fool? 12:58  |  Jasmine Murphy 26/10/07   73.   Clickfool & Jasmine 13:09  |  Stan 26/10/07   74.   The `after` photo 13:18  |  Mark Lincoln 26/10/07   75.   For Stan # 60 13:32  |  Clickfool 26/10/07   76.   For Tripple Jump - good old Google # 69 13:36  |  Clickfool 26/10/07   77.   For Jasmine Murphy # 72 13:38  |  Clickfool 26/10/07   78.   Content: c`fool? 13:59  |  Jasmine Murphy 26/10/07   79.   Critics and cynics and crystal balls 14:03  |  Moshe 26/10/07   80.   #54 - Johnboy is more talented than the rest of us 14:11  |  JES 26/10/07   81.   #31 14:13  |  Moshe 26/10/07   82.