'Syria site bombed by Israel in 2007 likely to have been a nuclear reactor'

# 28 Roo. Wow ! So many Zeros in such a small word ! 2/3 Only o o.

Meanwhile, a Japanese news site quoted intelligence sources saying... N. Korea is once again providing Syria with sensitive military technology. Apparently, they are helping Syria build a plant for maraging steel. That is used in missile production, chemical warheads and gas centrifuges. Maraging steel is an alloy with high-density strength, and is formed into thinner rocket skins allowing for heavier payloads. Syria is already implicated in supplying weapons to Hezbollah... especially surface-to-air missiles from it's own stockpiles. But of course, all these are goofy speculations... just like Al-Kibar milk factories or missiles that fly.

Sir, You take yourself too seriously and hopefully keep in your archives all your confidently wrong statements at the time. ps. "anthropogenic natural uranium particles," means the provenance the particles by chemical processing

Selfhating Gideon Levy should appologise as well as the Haaretz editorial board for ignoring the true Syrian and Iranian thread!! Syria build illegally a nuclear reactor clearly a breach of the NPT but do the European care now Haaretz and other lefty Jews claimed Israel was paranoid? Iran clearly is building a nuclear bomb as the designs show. The hatred of Elbaradei for Israel blinded him for the Muslim threat and deceipt!! I think Haaretz should now and above all Giden Levy should demand harsh international action and condemnation of Syria and Iran for undermining international law and breaken it. Haaretz stand up for your principles of 'blind' evenhanded int law. Wonder if Goldstone has an opinion here or not as it concerns Muslims whom he loves so much.

saying nothing different than what's already been said... lol...and watch everyone rant! are memories so short that no one can remember back 2 years? there's nothing new that's said here. "traces found", it "the site may have been", "syria claims the source was", etc... it's all S.O.S.

Nice going Mark. You win the English 101 prize for using the biggest words and of course being the only person who knows what they mean. You are my idol even though you don't like Jews.

we've been had folks. get used to it. the arabs bribed and the un feted a muslim who sold out. where is the surprise. in fact i am surprised you are surprised. only the naive and blind were fooled.

What next, "Astonishing report, camels sometimes have fleas!". Watching the stupidity of these agencies is painful.

Syian investigations were never completed so nothing changed there just that over the months no syrian co op has been forthcoming and no answers to questions,nothing to do with Bareidi.He also criticised the Syrians for lack of co operation. As for Iran, there is no NEW evidence, only MEK dodgy laptop which has never been convincing and a Times scoop which Girladi ex CIA [who scooped the Niger Yellowcake forgery]has already cast serious doubts on. Here: Asia Times Online, Kaveh Afrasiabi wrote that "even David Albright, a former weapons inspector [and no friend of Iran] admitted that 'so many pieces are missing' in the US's allegations" about the laptop. Far more competent and qualified than Albright is Scott Ritter. The former UN weapons inspector and marine intelligence office er. He makes it plain as daylight that the documents and the laptop are not worth diddly squat. A more recent scoop from the UK Times [Murdoch]on a neutron initiator trigger supposedly being researched by Iran also looks a complete put up job. Philip Giraldi, who was a CIA counterterrorism official from 1976 to 1992 has said, "intelligence sources say that the United States had nothing to do with forging the document, and that Israel is the primary suspect." Giraldi blew the lid on the Niger forgeries that Bush and Cheney conjured up. He also said, "The Rupert Murdoch chain has been used extensively to publish false intelligence from the Israelis and occasionally from the British government," http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIAmNcO4QTI

it has become much easier to sell false information. ahahahah

Israel saved the US from having to eliminate this threat to the Middle East.

France has sold a number of reactors to the Gulf States. France has also sold Mistral Class warships to Russia, Will France sell a nuclear reactor to Syria.? Or to Lebanon.? After all France did sell Iraq a nuclear reactor. Naturally Israel bombed that one just before it came on-line. Time to have a deeper look at French dealings. Lets not forget Rwanda and of course Burundi. France, the only and greatest colonial power on the planet. Good night from the Swiss side of the Alps.

Geez, do ya think he was seeing through the looking glass when he missed the Iran nuke program, the Syrian nuke program, or any other wmd in a Muslim country? Do you think???

It seems like the US have the lackey they were looking for to head up the agency. That's sure enough.

I have read GOV/2010/11. It is available for anyone to read at along with GOV/2010/10, the report on Iran. Some folks are foolish enough to take a 'leak' and believe it without question when the actual report is easily available. Suckers like Alan SA, vik, Eli, 4:20, guys applauding a 'revelation' which isn't there in the real report. Try reading it kiddies. The babble all you want. p.s. the actual report contains big words with more than three or four letters, such as "anthropogenic" and "uranyl nitrate." Also statements like " The possibility of a link between the particles found at the MNSR and those found at the Dair Alzour site requires further sampling and analysis by the Agency," might not make sense unless you understand "anthropogenic natural uranium particles," means quantities so infitesmal as to be insufficient for complete analysis.

It seems that the Israel lobby around the world are moving toward changing the subject, from Dubai involvement to Syrian "threat" and Iranian "threat".

Have the Israelis pinpointed it yet?

It is either all nuclear or all not. The ME cannot be effectivly polarized.

I would like to thank the IAEA cuz I was always worried what kinds of weapons Syria has. So, if we are trying with nuclear then I can be certain that we have everything below. That is suffecient.

Some with brains and balls to says the truth, of course.

Clearly this new guy at the IAEA has been speaking to the wrong people. He should ask Mark for his file on the site.

"Syria site bombed by Israel in 2007 likely to have been a nuclear reactor' - Harretz headline How curious that IAEA GOV/2010/11, the report being cited, does not stay what this story does. Read it yourself at http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/ The IAEA will post it on their website soon. Astounding the hype being made over these reports before they are officially available. When they are publicly released I doubt many will bother to check and see if what propagandists 'leaked' was actually in the reports.

I *knew* he reminded me of somebody! Thanks very much!

So THAT is what those dead North Koreans were doing! Who knew? I thought this was some sort of cultural exchange.

Could have fooled me, given the orgy of Israel-bashing, mock outrage and spilled ink over the takeout of a Hamas terrorist in Dubai.

The Israeli air force did an essential job for the IAEA which has not yet expressed appropriate gratitude. Now that Mr "Fireball" El Baradei is no longer running the IAEA it is possible for it to start doing its job in a professional manner.

Keep up the good work. If that means Iran, then so be it.

Didn't Haaretz release a bunch of articles about this back in spring 2009. Doesn't it make people nervous that the organization that monitors nuclear activity in rogue contries is almost 10 months behind a left leaning Israeli newspaper. And if this was in Syria, how far behind are they in Iran? I wonder, will anyone apologize to Israel for the slanderous words and liabelous print? Probably not, but Israel you should listen to those anti-Israel organizations that will condemn you, even if you later turn out to be correct, never offer you any praise even when you give more than others which considering your size is quite impresive or retract their statements with the same conviction that they made them.

That is what I love about the IAEA, nothing is definitive and they are unwilling to stand behind a statement and risk being wrong. They make ambiguous statements with the occasional leaning, though not absolutely, supporting one side. That way they cannot be blamed for anything, they can claim ?I told you so? both ways. And each side can spin it any way they want to claim the IAEA is backing their view. It works perfectly, until someone dies, but then again a nuclear attack or a useless war is not their fault. It would be funny if it was not so pathetic and dangerous.

Is this the same IAEA that has until now say iran was not developing nukes? Maybe in 2015 they will come out with a report to show that iran was making nukes. This of course will be after iran has them if obama is dumb enough to allow it. This is clearly an imeachable offense by obama. Allowing terrorist to develop nukes and all you do about it is sanctions. Gross some you knwo what and give the order to attack.

Syria building a nuclear facility? What? No way! Israel should do something about that.