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To: michael97123 who wrote (246530)	10/24/2007 5:32:41 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Dont you agree that israel has little to do with the real reasons for iran nukes." Yes but it is part of the head fake that works for Iran. "... reaction to the possiblity that pakistan becomes a sunni islamic state with al quaeda presence." The history and legacy of Pakistan is unlike any place on Earth. They have time, location, and opportunity on their side. Anyone who doesn't take them serious is making a huge mistake. Al-Quaeda is already morphing into something different in Pakistan than it was in Afghanistan. They wont make the same arrogant mistakes twice. They will display a more benevolent face in their Pakistan incarnation and will be supportable by Sunni Islam toward prophetic revelations. The badr brigade, Mahdi Army, Revolutionary Guard, and Hisbollah could meld into one organization funded by Iran (and maybe Iraq) and supported by Shi'ites around the world, quickly rising to rival other superpower militaries. If I were a betting man I would put my money on the Mahdi Army as an umbrella org. The mechanations are already in place for Iran to align itself geopolitically with Asian powers and to eventually achieve economic dominance in the Eastern Hemisphere.

To: michael97123 who wrote (246530)	10/26/2007 11:25:53 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 281500

Photos show cleansing of suspect Syrian site By William J. Broad and Mark Mazzetti Published: October 25, 2007 See the photos! New commercial satellite photos show that a Syrian site believed to have been attacked by Israel last month no longer bears any obvious traces of what some analysts said appeared to have been a partly built nuclear reactor. Two photos, taken Wednesday from space by rival companies, show the site near the Euphrates River to have been wiped clean since August, when imagery showed a tall square building there measuring about 150 feet on a side. The Syrians reported an attack by Israel in early September; the Israelis have not confirmed that. Senior Syrian officials continue to deny that a nuclear reactor was under construction, insisting that Israel hit a largely empty military warehouse. But the images, federal and private analysts say, suggest that the Syrian authorities rushed to dismantle the facility after the strike, calling it a tacit admission of guilt. "It's a magic act — here today, gone tomorrow," a senior intelligence official said. "It doesn't lower suspicions; it raises them. This was not a long-term decommissioning of a building, which can take a year. It was speedy. It's incredible that they could have gone to that effort to make something go away." Any attempt by Syrian authorities to clean up the site would make it difficult, if not impossible, for international weapons inspectors to determine the exact nature of the activity there. Officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna have said they hoped to analyze the satellite images and ultimately inspect the site in person. David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, a private group in Washington that released a report on the Syrian site earlier this week, said the expurgation of the building was inherently suspicious. "It looks like Syria is trying to hide something and destroy the evidence of some activity," Albright said in an interview. "But it won't work. Syria has got to answer questions about what it was doing." The striking difference in the satellite photos surprised even some outside experts who were skeptical that Syria might be developing a nuclear program. "It's clearly very suspicious," said Joseph Cirincione, an expert on nuclear proliferation at the Center for American Progress in Washington. "The Syrians were up to something that they clearly didn't want the world to know about." ... read the rest at... Message 24000938