North Korea Helped Syria's Nuclear Program
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At the Wall Street Journal, Jay Solomon reports North Korea was helping Syria build a plutonium-based nuclear reactor.
Speculation about North Korea's alleged role was sparked by a September Israeli strike inside Syria, which targeted what many U.S. government and private analysts believe was a nascent nuclear reactor.[. . .]
This week, the Central Intelligence Agency is expected to begin briefing members of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees on the Israeli strike, according to Congressional and administration officials, based in part on intelligence provided by the Israeli government.
The information is expected to confirm that North Korea was helping Syria develop a plutonium-based nuclear reactor similar to the Yongbyon facility North Korea built north of Pyongyang, said an official familiar with the deliberations. The briefings are also expected to confirm that North Korean workers were active at the Syrian site at the time of the Israeli attack.
Less conclusive, however, is any firm evidence that Syria was attempting to develop nuclear weapons, according to the U.S. official.
This would seem to confirm what I posted last September -- about Israel attacking Syrian nuclear material and the North Korean involvement.
This also justifies my long held skepticism about North Korea's so-called agreement to give up its nukes.
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Assad's place while he's in town. Ans then make a side trip to NK.
He solved the "Hamas problem" last week, I'm sure he could knock this one out this week.
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For years, President Bush was saying that the testing of nuclear weapons by North Korea was "unacceptable." Then they tested one--and he accepted it. No retaliation, no penalty whatsoever.
It was practically an invitation for further proliferation. Not only Syria, but Iran as well.
The credibility of the U.S. is shot. Due to our failure to make our case stick with any of these rogue states.
NK has been helping Syria and Iran for a long time. They even built the underground command complex in the North or Terhan for survival of the governemnt during an attack.
Those sneaky bast$%^@ are into everything illegal, like whey they were flooding the world with counterfiet greenbacks.
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