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From: LindyBill10/16/2008 8:10:24 AM
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Syria's Nuclear Reactor
COMING ANARCHY BLOG
By Chirol on syria

On September 6th 2007, the Israeli Air Force bombed an unknown structure in eastern Syria. Despite such a brazen act, little was said on either sides. Much speculation occurred as to the nuclear nature of the facility. While the following information turns out to be dated, I was only made aware of it this evening and I imagine other readers have missed this as well. The news has completely forgotten it. Below is a link to Globalsecurity.org which has a copy of a declassified CIA briefing regarding the Syrian facilities which goes into a great deal of detail on the intel the U.S. had on it and additionally provides extensive slides and photographs as supporting evidence.

The key points are:
– Syria was building a nuclear reactor to produce plutonium and ultimately nuclear weapons
– The program was clearly not for peaceful purposes
– The design North Korean (an exact copy of the Yongbyon plant)
– North Korean scientists were actively helping build the facility
– North Korea's motivations were primarily hard currency.
– The facility's construction began in 2001 and ended in 2007 when Israel destroyed it.
– The facility was very near to being operational when destroyed cominganarchy.com
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