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Israel Matzav: How Israel destroyed Syria's al-Kibar nuclear reactor
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@erickbrockway @TNJim Have either of you heard about this? How Israel Destroyed Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor http://bit.ly/1Fc0La 28 hours ago |
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Has anyone heard of this? How Israel Destroyed Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor http://bit.ly/1Fc0La #tcot #rs 32 hours ago |
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Must read the story of 'Operation Orchad' (spies, nukes, hackers and troyans) http://bit.ly/17aqJG 5 days ago |
How Israel destroyed Syria's al-Kibar nuclear reactor
Israel Matzav —
... Der Spiegel reports on how Israel found out about and destroyed Syria's al-Kibar nuclear reactor in September 2007. It's a long article and you really have to read the whole thing, but here are some highlights to send you on your way. The Israelis took a pinprick approach to dealing with the "little" Assad. In 2003, the air force conducted multiple air strikes against positions on the Syrian border, and in October Israeli fighter jets flew a low-altitude mission over Assad's residence in Damascus. It was an arrogant show of power that even had many at the Mossad shaking ...
How Israel Destroyed Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor
Solomonia —
... A very thorough description of how the strike happened at Der Spiegel: How Israel Destroyed Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor. They're a bit rosy at the end about a thaw in Syria-West relations, but who knows? The strike itself was certainly remarkable for how silent it was in the aftermath. The Syrians got caught and knew it. Game over. ...
Tuesday morning tab dump
TigerHawk —
... . Hillary is rolling her eyes. Operation Orchard: How Israel destroyed Syria's nuke two years ago. If that is what happened. The tax consequences of transfers of ...
Destruction of a What?
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... There’s a fascinating article in Spiegel Online (in English) on “Operation Orchard”, the operation in September 2007 in Syria in which the Israeli air force destroyed what many have termed a “nuclear plant”, what the article calls “Syria’s Al Kibar nuclear reactor”, and the Syrians have characterized as a conventional military facility. Spiegel has interviewed Syrian, Israeli, and American leaders as well as confidential Syrian and Israeli sources to compile a mosaic of espionage, intrigue, assassination, and general international ...
Happy Hour Links
Weekly Standard Blog —
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How Israel destroyed Syria's Al Kibar nuclear reactor.
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Uncovering Syria's Secret Nuclear Site
The New Republic blogs —
[image] In case you haven't gotten your issue of Der Spiegel this month, the German mag has some very cool details on the intelligence work that led to the discovery--and eventual destruction by Israeli airstrike--of a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor being built with North Korean help: In the spring of 2004, the American National Security Agency (NSA) detected a suspiciously high number of telephone calls between Syria and North Korea, with a noticeably busy line of communication between the North Korean capital Pyongyang and a place in the northern Syrian desert called Al ...
Operation Orchard
Ben Smith's Blog —
... A great Spiegel piece on Israel's bombing in the Syrian desert two years ago a fairly major moment in recent Middle East politics and a warning to Iran that, for all its scale, is almost never mentioned: ...
