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The site of the Syrian nuclear facility before and after it was hit in an IAF strike last September.
Last update - 13:55 25/04/2008
Syria accuses U.S. of aiding Israel in strike on nuke facility
Tags: U.S., Israel, nuclear reactor 

Syria on Friday accused the United States of involvement in an Israel Air Force attack on Syria last year that Washington said struck a suspected nuclear reactor built with North Korea's help.

A Syrian statement said: "The U.S. administration was apparently party to the execution" of the September raid by IAF warplanes on eastern Syria. The statement did not give details.

A U.S. official said Thursday that the United States did not green light The IAF attack. The official spoke shortly after American intelligence officials heard details of the alleged incident.
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The White House on Thursday urged Syria to "come clean" about the nuclear facility, which a senior U.S. official said had been near completion when it was destroyed by the Israel Air Force in September 2007.

"The Syrian regime must come clean before the world regarding its illicut
nuclear activities," White House press secretary Dana Perino said, shortly after U.S. intelligence officials presented lawmakers with evidence that Pyongyang had assisted Syria's secret nuclear program.

"We are convinced, based on a variety of information, that North Korea assisted Syria's covert nuclear activities," she said, adding "We have good reason to believe that reactor, which was damaged beyond repair on September 6 of last year, was not intended for peaceful purposes."

Syria's statement of response on Friday repeated Damascus's denial of
involvement in nuclear activity and dismissed Washington's accusations as part of a campaign to discredit the Damascus government.

"The Syrian government regrets the campaign of lies and falsification by the U.S. administration against Syria, including allegations of nuclear activity," said the statement, which was issued on the state news agency.

"Syria asks the United States to act responsibly and stop creating more crises in the Middle East," the statement added.

Syria's ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday denied any nuclear link to North Korea.

IAEA blasts U.S. for keeping mum on alleged Syria nukes site

Meanwhile, the head of the UN nuclear monitoring agency on Friday criticized the U.S. for not giving his organization intelligence
information sooner on the alleged nuclear reactor.

IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei also chastised Israel for bombing the site seven months ago, in a statement whose strong language reflected his anger at being kept out of the picture for so long.

"The director general deplores the fact that this information was not provided to the agency in a timely manner, in accordance with the agency's responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), to enable it to verify its veracity and establish the facts," the statement said.

"Additionally, the director general views the unilateral use of force by Israel as undermining the due process of verification that is at the heart of the nonproliferation regime," it said.

CIA Director Michael Hayden and other intelligence officials went to
Congress on Thursday to brief the lawmakers on the evidence related to the bombed Syrian facility. They had appearances scheduled before the House and Senate armed services, intelligence and foreign affairs committees.

The White House also said that the suspected nuclear site, which the lawmakers were told had been built with North Korean help, had been demolished beyond repair, and that Syria tried to bury evidence of its existence.

The White House said that the reactor had not been intended for peaceful purposes, and demonstrated the need for action against Iran's nuclear program.

Meanwhile, a senior U.S. official said Thursday that the reactor was within weeks or months of being functional when it was destroyed.

"The facility was mostly completed but still needed significant testing before it could be declared operational," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.

However, no uranium - needed to fuel a reactor - was evident at the site, a remote area of eastern Syria along the Euphrates River.

Independent American nuclear experts have determined that while the suspected nuclear site was in its final stages of construction when destroyed, it was still far from being operational or active.

Experts David Albright and Paul Brannan, of the independent Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) based their conclusion on a CIA document released earlier Thursday to the American media.

According to the two, the U.S. did not know how Syria was planning to activate its nuclear program nor does it have intelligence proving that North Korea has - or plans to give Damascus - the nuclear fuel required to activate the facility.

'Twin reactors'

The Syrian reactor was similar in design to a North Korean reactor that has in the past produced small amounts of plutonium, a U.S. official told foreign media, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information.

According to a report by The Washington Post on its Web site Thursday, the U.S. has video footage - which the report says was obtained by Israel - that shows that the similarities in design between the Syrian site and the North Korean nuclear reactor in Yongbyon.

The reactor was reportedly not yet complete but far enough along to demonstrate a resemblance to the reactor at Yongbyon, which supposedly is being dismantled. The official said no uranium, a reactor's fuel, was evident on site.

Since Israel learned of the planned Congressional hearings three weeks ago, its defense officials have expressed concerns that publication of classified details about the attack could compel Syria to resort to a violent response, or at any rate reignite tensions between Jerusalem and Damascus.

The closed-door briefings conducted by Hayden and other intelligence officials breaks U.S. official silence on the matter and could complicate American diplomacy with North Korea and in the Middle East.

While lawmakers declined to discuss the intelligence after the briefings, some described them as "compelling."

Report: Israel gave U.S. video of Koreans at Syria site

The Washington Post said Thursday that the White House was expected to show video images "it claims support allegations that North Korea was helping Syria to build a nuclear reactor."

A U.S. official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to discuss classified matters, said that among the intelligence the United States has was an image of what appeared to be people of Korean descent at the facility.

However, the official stressed that this image was only part of a wider array of information gathered from multiple sources on the suspected cooperation between Syria and North Korea.

The report quotes a U.S. intelligence official saying the Syrian facility bears "remarkable resemblances inside and out to Yongbyon." It also quotes a nuclear specialist calling the video "very, very damning."

Israel apparently showed the video to the U.S. prior to the September strike, according to the Post report, after the Bush administration said it doubted the site was built with North Korean assistance.

Syria denies North Korea cooperation

Syria on Thursday dismissed U.S. accusations that North Korea was helping it build a nuclear reactor that could produce plutonium.

Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari told reporters on Wednesday that "there was no Syria-North Korea cooperation whatsoever in Syria. We deny these rumors."

Syria's ambassador to Britain, Sami al-Khiyami, told Reuters that the accusation was intended to put pressure on North Korea in talks about Pyongyang's nuclear program.

"This has nothing to do with North Korea and Syria. They just want to exert more pressure on North Korea. This is why they are coming up with this story," Khiyami said.

"This is political manipulation ahead of the talks with North Korea to exert more pressure on them."

The White House has said little about the possibility of such cooperation between the two since Israel allegedly conducted the mysterious September 6 air strike.

"Unfortunately the scenario of taking and retaking pictures looks like what happened before the Iraq war, when the U.S. administration was trying to convince the world that Iraq had nuclear weapons," Khiyami said.

"Instead of coming up with these ridiculous photos I think the U.S. administration should put all their effort into clearing the Middle East region of all weapons of mass destruction, starting with its closest ally Israel."

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      1.   USA gave Israel the OK and Info and Israel hit Syria.... 04:11  |  MOE 24/04/08
      2.   Golan will be returned to Syria soon here why: 04:12  |  MOE 24/04/08
      3.   Middle East Soap Opera 04:15  |  George W. BUsh 24/04/08
      4.   Is This acceptable for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace accord: 04:15  |  MOE 24/04/08
      5.   Middle East Soap Opera Part2 04:19  |  George W. Bush 24/04/08
      6.   The Less You Say, the Better ! 04:19  |  MIKE 24/04/08
      7.   Gee, as I already noted that 05:41  |  Mark Lincoln 24/04/08
      8.   First things first 05:48  |  Mark Lincoln 24/04/08
      9.   Known Liars and the known reality 05:52  |  Mark Lincoln 24/04/08
      10.   I note the authors of this report 05:55  |  Mark Lincoln 24/04/08
      11.   The US needs to act in it`s own best interests, not Israel`s 06:12  |  * BEN JABO 24/04/08
      12.   #4 MOE - No, its not even close. You miss the critical piece - 06:13  |  Dr. L. Brnd 24/04/08
      13.   #6 MIKE thinks keeping mum is a good idea 06:16  |  Johnboy 24/04/08
      14.   Bug out Israel 06:43  |  Steve 24/04/08
      15.   Israel needs to be very weary of certain congressional folk 06:51  |  david 24/04/08
      16.   Moe - proposals 06:58  |  Reid 24/04/08
      17.   This is a perverse US-Israeli bluff 07:06  |  Rowan 24/04/08
      18.   Mark Lincoln: I laugh at your frustration 07:11  |  Abraham Saks 24/04/08
      19.   #12 Your Proposal is Nothing! 07:35  |  MOE 24/04/08
      20.   #13, jb 07:35  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/04/08
      21.   Don`t worry be happy ;-) 08:47  |  Lou Rothstein 24/04/08
      22.   A video taken INSIDE 09:12  |  Rowan 24/04/08
      23.   Let Israel show cause for the attack 09:23  |  Natallie Durson 24/04/08
      24.   #4 MOE proposal 09:26  |  joki 24/04/08
      25.   To Moe # 19 Don´t write this here 09:29  |  dovale 24/04/08
      26.   A large square building was flattened by Israeli warplanes 09:37  |  Clickfool 24/04/08
      27.   #24, joki, I agree, as you put it, more or less 09:57  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/04/08
      28.   #20 Laughable, Cipora.... 09:59  |  Johnboy 24/04/08
      29.   #22 Yeah, right, rowan 10:01  |  Johnboy 24/04/08
      30.   Mark Lincoln #8 You could make good money as an expert witness 10:24  |  S 24/04/08
      31.   Gee, as I have already noted 10:38  |  TonyL 24/04/08
      32.   #Moe 4.3 11:11  |  Jan Vlaming 24/04/08
      33.   9# Mark Lincoln "why was there no Guard no even a Gete" 11:13  |  Akram Zekaria 24/04/08
      34.   CIA back-pedals on video 11:54  |  Rowan 24/04/08
      35.   #29 - So, Johnboy 11:58  |  JES 24/04/08
      36.   mark lincoln loves to show knowledge 12:07  |  harzion 24/04/08
      37.   Which is why a former member of Haganah 12:20  |  Chris Linthwaite 24/04/08
      38.   Is America trying to sabotage Israel´s peace-efforts with Syria? 13:23  |  AliciaYasmeen 24/04/08
      39.   Would ceding Golan suffice to appease deceived Syria? 13:43  |  ÁliciaYasmeen 24/04/08
      40.   Israel, leave the US out of your petty squabbles 13:48  |  Greg Bacon 24/04/08
      41.   #35 Laughable,JES 13:55  |  Johnboy 24/04/08
      42.   #33 Akram, who makes light of the lack of a fence. 14:05  |  Johnboy 24/04/08
      43.   MOE # 19 Your Proposal Is Refreshingly Reasonable (part 1) 14:11  |  Jeff Northridge 24/04/08
      44.   #8: Mark Lincoln, I can help you 14:18  |  Doc Holliday 24/04/08
      45.   MOE # 19 Your Proposal Is Refreshingly Reasonable (part 2) 14:19  |  Jeff Northridge 24/04/08
      46.   Syrian reactor? BS!!! 14:42  |  real news 24/04/08
      47.   The U.S. don´t need this info from Israel! 14:45  |  AliciaYasmeen 24/04/08
      48.   Syrian reactor? ziocon hasbara!! 15:14  |  rawstory 24/04/08
      49.   #44 I thought you`d been around here for a while, Doc? 15:16  |  Johnboy 24/04/08
      50.   Johnboy # 41 Security Was To Be Added Later 15:24  |  Jeff Northridge 24/04/08
      51.   johnboy the vanunu photos were not fake at all. 15:42  |  zevulun 24/04/08
      52.   Clickfool (26) if it were only "a large square building" 15:52  |  Karl 24/04/08
      53.   # 28 Johnboy’s fence argument is profound in its depth 15:57  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 24/04/08
      54.   johnboy the so called syrian nuke facility 15:57  |  zevulun 24/04/08
      55.   U.S. Hearings / Truth 16:13  |  Peter 24/04/08
      56.   Jeff Northridge why we want christian quarters? 16:17  |  ELIAS KHOURY 24/04/08
      57.   Jeff Northridge again regarding Moe 16:20  |  ELIAS KHOURY 24/04/08
      58.   incidentally johnboy did you not tell the site that 16:21  |  zevulun 24/04/08
      59.   johnboy your case is indefensible 16:25  |  zevulun 24/04/08
      60.   How Olmert will apologize for not informing the IAEA 16:34  |  Tosefta 24/04/08
      61.   O Israel how doest thou suffer 16:58  |  roger wallace 24/04/08
      62.   What is likely to have happened 16:58  |  Tosefta 24/04/08
      63.   Israel fears what ? 17:21  |  Ramachandran Nair 24/04/08
      64.   For Greg Bacon #40 17:34  |  Gideon 24/04/08
      65.   Pics have been worked over in photoshop proof.. 17:58  |  Nj 24/04/08
      66.   ELIAS KHOURY # 56 I.D. Cards 18:02  |  Jeff Northridge 24/04/08
      67.   Seems that USA is going to blab about Top secrets 18:06  |  Robert/Montreal 24/04/08
      68.   Give the man a shovel 18:09  |  Mark Lincoln 24/04/08
      69.   re Johnboy #35 Jes 18:13  |  Robert/Montreal 24/04/08
      70.   #28, jb 18:13  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/04/08
      71.   #28 Jonboy did you ever hear of hide in Plain site? 18:20  |  Robert/Montreal 24/04/08
      72.   zevulun, did you not tell the site 18:31  |  yirmiyahu 24/04/08
      73.   harzion wishes he 18:33  |  yirmiyahu 24/04/08
      74.   #56 Elias Let me introduce you to a group of Christian Zionists 18:36  |  Robert/Montreal 24/04/08
      75.   zevelun is like his friend harzion 18:36  |  yirmiyahu 24/04/08
      76.   A comparison is begged 18:41  |  Michael N 24/04/08
      77.   # 57 ELIAS KHOURY - Potentially good idea 18:41  |  17 24/04/08
      78.   How Olmert will apologize for not informing the IAEA 19:10  |  Tosefta 24/04/08
      79.   What is likely to have happened 19:11  |  Tosefta 24/04/08
      80.   zevulun, did you not tell the site 19:21  |  yirmiyahu 24/04/08
      81.   harzion wishes he knew half 19:22  |  yirmiyahu 24/04/08
      82.   zevelun is like his friend harzion 19:23  |  yirmiyahu 24/04/08
      83.   re 26 more clicky dribble. 19:33  |  Alan the real one 24/04/08
      84.   20 Cipora is out to help create Israel`s WMD against Syria 19:35  |  Dutch 24/04/08
      85.   Re 23 Psst Natty listen up. 19:41  |  Alan the real one 24/04/08
      86.   Yimiyahu Sounds like a nom du plume 19:55  |  Francisco Franco 24/04/08
      87.   yirmiyahu good to have fans like you 20:14  |  zevulun 24/04/08
      88.   #61 Tosefta...Time was of the essence..Waiting for the IAEA Would 20:41  |  KATHY 24/04/08
      89.   hey franco yirmiyahu is the name of my cousin 20:51  |  zevulun 24/04/08
      90.   #19 MOE, not "my" proposals, they`re Olmert`s. Deal with him! 20:52  |  Dr. L. Brnd 24/04/08
      91.   # 58 Karl..If The Site Was Not Preparing To Build one.. 20:53  |  KATHY 24/04/08
      92.   Visit to the Syrian Reactor 20:54  |  Mark Lincoln 24/04/08
      93.   #52 Karl..I just sent you a response.This is an addendum 21:00  |  KATHY 24/04/08
      94.   yirmiyahu you are obviously trying to copy my cousin 21:06  |  zevulun 24/04/08
      95.   yirmiyahu i like to tell mark lincoln to his face 21:08  |  zevulun 24/04/08
      96.   yirmiyahu "little man" 21:12  |  zevulun 24/04/08
      97.   Dutch what are you? 21:23  |  Francisco Franco 24/04/08
      98.   Clickfool why do you embarass yourself? 21:27  |  Francisco Franco 24/04/08
      99.   Tosefta # 60 Apologize To The IAEA? 21:32  |  Jeff Northridge 24/04/08
      100.   Tosefta, hit on reactor (or whatever) was for show; real purpose: 21:34  |  Dr. L. Brnd 24/04/08
      101.   For Alan #65 21:36  |  Clickfool 24/04/08
      102.   #60, Tosefta`s complaint 21:42  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/04/08
      103.   zevelun 21:51  |  zadok the priest 24/04/08
      104.   #61, Tosefta and the poker game 21:54  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/04/08
      105.   I edo not believe them - my hero Tosefta showed convincingly 22:07  |  17 24/04/08
      106.   #70 KATHY 22:20  |  Boycott 24/04/08
      107.   Tosefta # 61 The Latest From The Congressional Hearings 22:31  |  Jeff Northridge 24/04/08
      108.   Proportionality: Israel destroyed Syria`s; US should Iran`s. 22:37  |  Fortuna Benmayor 24/04/08
      109.   I do not believe them - my Hero Tosefts showed convincingly 22:39  |  17 24/04/08
      110.   KATHY #70 22:46  |  ...G1 24/04/08
      111.   Are you totally Stupid Lincoln?? 22:56  |  George W. Bush 24/04/08
      112.   Are you totally Stupid Lincoln?? Part2 22:59  |  George W Bush 24/04/08
      113.   Could someone explain it to me? 23:00  |  Peter 24/04/08
      114.   Where are the weapons of mass destructions.... 23:05  |  UN 24/04/08
      115.   "reignite tensions between Jerusalem and Damascus" 23:12  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 24/04/08
      116.   Who believes a US official? You must be kidding. Check Iraq 23:19  |  Philip 24/04/08
      117.   Mark Lincoln - I completely agree with you 23:20  |  Philip 24/04/08
      118.   Clickfool, Linthwraith, Lincoln, Durson: Frozen at Absolute Zero 23:21  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 24/04/08
      119.   anyone who signs on as george w bush is obviously stupid 23:23  |  to say the least 24/04/08
      120.   North-Korea is shining example for Iran 23:51  |  Mark B. 24/04/08
      121.   why is it ok for US to give nuclear support to Israel? 00:07  |  John 25/04/08
      122.   # 61 tosefta international norms of behavior 00:11  |  Lynn 25/04/08
      123.   TO N.D. 00:20  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 25/04/08
      124.   #98, Jeff Northridge 00:24  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/08
      125.   Soviet truths (#96 Dumbov-17) 00:24  |  Tosefta 25/04/08
      126.   Philip 00:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/08
      127.   Yeah, yeah, yeah and blah, blah, blah! 00:29  |  ballistic 25/04/08
      128.   Martian understanding #94,5 00:33  |  Tosefta 25/04/08
      129.   The true side of the coin. 00:36  |  Akram Zekaria 25/04/08
      130.   Apologizing to whom? (Jeff Northridge #91) 00:40  |  Tosefta 25/04/08
      131.   Before or after (Jeff Northridge #98; Kathy #83) 00:48  |  Tosefta 25/04/08
      132.   # 105 Ovadia ben Avraham"reignite tensions between Jerusalem 00:57  |  KATHY 25/04/08
      133.   Just look at satellite photos 00:57  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      134.   An interesting scenario, except that it didn`t happen. 01:08  |  Tosefta 25/04/08
      135.   Israel ought to come clean too on its nuclear facility 01:33  |  Dutch 25/04/08
      136.   Akram Zekaria - securing weapons plants 01:44  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      137.   # 106 Philip I dare say coming from you am not surprised. 01:49  |  freud 25/04/08
      138.   Why haven`t we done the same to Iran? 01:50  |  Chaim 25/04/08
      139.   Look at the photo of the plant 01:50  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      140.   IAEA had been informed by the US 01:52  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/08
      141.   # 107 philip..would agree with the devil,anytime. 01:53  |  freud 25/04/08
      142.   It was the otherway arouydn, MOE # 1 01:57  |  Fortuna Benmayor 25/04/08
      143.   Well, The Cat Is Out Of The Bag Now 02:04  |  Jeff Northridge 25/04/08
      144.   I guess Clickfool and Mark Lincoln were... 02:04  |  leo 25/04/08
      145.   video and still photo was shown on television 02:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/08
      146.   #53 Darth Zaider obviously does not have Google Earth 02:15  |  Johnboy 25/04/08
      147.   "Euphrates River." 02:21  |  Maureen Ann 25/04/08
      148.   #69 That`s the best you can come up with, Robert? 02:22  |  Johnboy 25/04/08
      149.   JOHNBOY who makes light of having denied any bombing 02:23  |  PETER SM 25/04/08
      150.   #11 Ben Jabo`s ghost writer/conscience. 02:24  |  Maureen Ann 25/04/08
      151.   Tosefta is absolutely livid: one wonders why 02:24  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/08
      152.   Cipora Julianna Kohn # 113 It Was On Fox News 02:31  |  Jeff Northridge 25/04/08
      153.   For the benefit of the terminally gullible 02:57  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      154.   So where is the facility in Iran? 02:59  |  Chris Linthwaite 25/04/08
      155.   Tosefta # 120 No Need To Call The IAEA 03:00  |  Jeff Northridge 25/04/08
      156.   125# Mark Lincoln . You humble me with your kowledge. 03:02  |  Akram Zekaria 25/04/08
      157.   Good work IAF. You showed them! 03:02  |  Murray the Mongoose 25/04/08
      158.   Comparing left and right 03:03  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      159.   An unconvincing released photo 03:09  |  Michael N 25/04/08
      160.   #123 Tosefta - No tension with Syria??? Are you kidding??? 03:09  |  Dr. L. Brnd 25/04/08
      161.   #134 Cipora, Colin Powel showed similiar pictures .. 03:13  |  Dutch 25/04/08
      162.   #102 George W. Bush. "Grade 10 level." 03:21  |  Maureen Ann 25/04/08
      163.   Respondants 03:21  |  An Observer 25/04/08
      164.   42# Johboy. You ask me ? I don`t know. 03:22  |  Akram Zekaria 25/04/08
      165.   You can all regurgitate and rumigate; bottom line is IAF beat the 03:24  |  Pervert 25/04/08
      166.   Bad Day for Lincoln, Johnboy, Clickfool 03:28  |  Credibility Gap 25/04/08
      167.   Oh, Tosefta . Be kind to your admirer. So it was not empty space? 03:31  |  17 25/04/08
      168.   One thing that surprised is that N. kOREA 03:42  |  ABU YUSUF 25/04/08
      169.   No guards at the gate as it was so far away 03:44  |  Abdul Aziz 25/04/08
      170.   breach of IAE conventions? 04:14  |  ricki bobbi 25/04/08
      171.   Well done..but? 04:15  |  johnnymac 25/04/08
      172.   if israel denies nuke technology, syria can too 04:20  |  VIPER 25/04/08
      173.   George W. Bush 04:23  |  TonyL 25/04/08
      174.   Dingbat Durson 04:34  |  George W. Bush 25/04/08
      175.   #155 That`s marvelous thinking there, Akram 04:42  |  Johnboy 25/04/08
      176.   Akram Zekaria re: Mark Lincoln 04:42  |  TonyL 25/04/08
      177.   #157 Is that right, CG? 04:46  |  Johnboy 25/04/08
      178.   Mark Lincoln # 9 _Re No Guard, No Gate???? 04:52  |  Eli 25/04/08
      179.   #38, Alicia Yasmeen 05:15  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/08
      180.   #167 There you go again George, resorting to name calling. 05:22  |  Maureen Ann 25/04/08
      181.   Akiram Zekarian - and so? 05:22  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      182.   A shovel to dig a hole 05:25  |  Reese 25/04/08
      183.   Hallah Bik Akram Zekaria El Aziz # 157 _ Excellent Post!! 05:30  |  Eli 25/04/08
      184.   #122, Akram Zekaria, Israel`s importance 05:31  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/08
      185.   Johnboy # 170 and Evidence 05:34  |  Eli 25/04/08
      186.   yet another ,new, lie in the story 05:35  |  Rowan 25/04/08
      187.   #145, Jeff Northridge 05:35  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/08
      188.   #158, "bottom line" 05:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/08
      189.   Milk Run 05:40  |  Panther Jet 25/04/08
      190.   Why has no one critiised my analysis? 05:54  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      191.   The reality vs the delusion 06:05  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      192.   It must be Syria! 06:11  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      193.   Haaretz _ Where Are My Posts To Akram Zekaria and Mark Lincoln 06:14  |  Eli 25/04/08
      194.   Methinks Mark Lincoln doth protest too much!! 06:16  |  Voice of Reason 25/04/08
      195.   VIPER Israel has not signed the NPT.Syria has! 06:20  |  PETER SM 25/04/08
      196.   Haaretz_ Todah Lakhem. Tihyoo Briyim 06:21  |  Eli 25/04/08
      197.   Why bother to refute? 06:21  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      198.   #180, Mark Lincoln 06:24  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/08
      199.   Mark Lincoln # 183 _ Re Analysis 06:26  |  Eli 25/04/08
      200.   #185 Why oh why doesn`t anyone listen to me dammit! 06:33  |  Panther Jet 25/04/08
      201.   Waaaaaaaah 06:53  |  Rubiconski 25/04/08
      202.   Cipora - it matters? for whom? for me? for you? 06:58  |  Philip 25/04/08
      203.   NO Guard no gate,Syria is a police state! 06:59  |  PETER SM 25/04/08
      204.   NO Guard no gate,Syria is a police state! 06:59  |  PETER SM 25/04/08
      205.   NO Guard no gate,Syria is a police state! 07:00  |  PETER SM 25/04/08
      206.   Freud: it`s my country and I can spit where I want 07:03  |  Philip 25/04/08
      207.   #134 freud: You are protecting an administration 07:06  |  Philip 25/04/08
      208.   Here`s the CIA video, in full 07:09  |  Rowan 25/04/08
      209.   Cipora - "free world"? Eisenhower times are over Cipora 07:11  |  Philiop 25/04/08
      210.   Keep an eye in his "friends"! 07:41  |  Niva dos santos 25/04/08
      211.   why only syria...? 08:39  |  ravi 25/04/08
      212.   #197 - not boring, creative 09:18  |  chris 25/04/08
      213.   Grossly misleading headline 09:23  |  Clickfool 25/04/08
      214.   Remember - ALWAYS - Powell`s disgraceful lies to the UN 09:43  |  Clickfool 25/04/08
      215.   Mark Lincoln 187 "Why has no one critiised my analysis?" 10:13  |  S 25/04/08
      216.   Experts! Oh! My! 11:12  |  Jim 25/04/08
      217.   COMPEL Syria??? COMPEL??? 11:34  |  Jim 25/04/08
      218.   Still...... 11:46  |  Jim 25/04/08
      219.   My last words to Mark Lincoln 13:13  |  Akram Zekaria 25/04/08
      220.   If the Americans had assisted the Israelis 13:36  |  Murray of Montreal 25/04/08
      221.   What is it with Presidents with nuclear engineering 13:41  |  17 25/04/08
      222.   Moe Palestinian: What would you do with the Golan? 13:48  |  Avi 25/04/08
      223.   Assad has been reduced to nothing and the IRANIANS know it 14:32  |  Avi 25/04/08
      224.   Mark Lincoln 187 "Why has no one criticised my analysis?" 14:41  |  S 25/04/08
      225.   Mohamed ElBaradei is a chicken in wolf skin 15:40  |  Abdul Aziz Higazi 25/04/08
      226.   so if it was a nuke facility where is the radioactive material? 15:44  |  with the iraq WMD? 25/04/08
      227.   This story is full of holes 15:51  |  Mordi 25/04/08
      228.   Believe What You Will-Whatever IT WAS is Gone 16:14  |  Jane 25/04/08
      229.   lincoln # 9 what planet have you been living on? 16:17  |  terrornator 25/04/08
      230.   moe,you should take DR L. Brnd`s offer while you still can 16:21  |  terrornator 25/04/08
      231.   johnboy and mark lincoln,did it take you idiots this long to pull 16:27  |  terrornator 25/04/08
      232.   mark lincoln # 150 are you patting yourself on the back for that 16:41  |  terrornator 25/04/08
      233.   In the meantime.......Arab ElBaradei does not slam Syria at all 16:41  |  Genuine Tosefta 25/04/08
      234.   Mark Lincoln #187 Third try (why??) 16:55  |  S 25/04/08
      235.   MOE - YOU LOST THE CHANCE FOR.. 17:08  |  ANUAR AL SADAT 25/04/08
      236.   All of You 17:37  |  Travis 25/04/08
      237.   us: thanks for the complement, syria 17:45  |  frenz 25/04/08
      238.   This story is totally and outrageously unbelievable 17:51  |  Clickfool 25/04/08
      239.   What if a bis this time Iran 17:52  |  Jonas 25/04/08
      240.   # 207 Poor Ravi hard to convince 18:07  |  Noah 25/04/08
      241.   lSyrian tell now the truth? 18:14  |  georges 25/04/08
      242.   fake tossi tha wanna be baby killer, ElBaradei deals in facts 18:21  |  not hasbara 25/04/08
      243.   #185 Cipora and To Jane.".Bottom Line" 18:31  |  KATHY 25/04/08
      244.   MOE #4 and Dr. L Brnd #12 18:32  |  David Isarel 25/04/08
      245.   SYRIA IS ENTITLED TO NUKES... LIKE ITS NEIGHBOUR! 19:15  |  TripleJump 25/04/08
      246.   I just noticed the timing of all this. 20:21  |  Colin Wright 25/04/08
      247.   #2 MOE; Olmert has laready left a legacy of incompetance 21:09  |  Max Zinger,P.Chimist 25/04/08
      248.   Nothng new in that accusation 22:22  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      249.   Why magic tricks work 22:33  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      250.   U.S. primitives and ME peace efforts 22:33  |  Frank 25/04/08
      251.   Rowan, the CIA video 22:35  |  Mark Lincoln 25/04/08
      252.   Syria accuses U.S. of aiding Israel in strike on nuke facility 23:00  |  Jordan 25/04/08
      253.   To Moe 23:02  |  Jordan 25/04/08
      254.   TripleLie, Israel is also entitled to Arab oil, 300 million 23:16  |  Genuine Tosefta 25/04/08
      255.   191 Mark Lincoln re criticism 00:30  |  leo 26/04/08
      256.   How can a Muslim be in charge of IAEAat this exactime in history? 00:44  |  Alan 26/04/08
      257.   # 256 alan 01:03  |  Avram 26/04/08
      258.   Durson`s one-side showing of causes 02:11  |  Joe Sittizen 26/04/08
      259.   Mark Lincoln.On my post 219# `I sent you my last word`. 04:29  |  Akram Zekaria 26/04/08
      260.   Syria accuses U.S. 10:43  |  David Nigel Braham 26/04/08
      261.   White House comes clean on Vietraq 14:41  |  W 26/04/08
      262.   Mark, get real!! 22:52  |  Heather Czerniak 26/04/08
      263.   Greg Bacon... 22:55  |  Heather Czerniak 26/04/08
      264.   #9 Liars and known reality 03:57  |  carol 27/04/08
      265.   #256, ALAN, pakistan has them? 04:03  |  VIPER 27/04/08
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