I don't know about that. But thanks to the Israelis, it's a non-facility.
Before and After
Posted on 04/24/2008 2:04:47 PM PDT by neverdem
Officials will tell Congress members this week that North Korea was helping Syria build a reactor last year when it was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, a U.S. official says.
WASHINGTON — CIA officials will tell Congress on Thursday that North Korea had been helping Syria build a plutonium-based nuclear reactor, a U.S. official said, a disclosure that could touch off new resistance to the administration's plan to ease sanctions on Pyongyang.
The CIA officials will tell lawmakers that they believe the reactor would have been capable of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons but was destroyed before it could do so, the U.S. official said, apparently referring to a suspicious installation in Syria that was bombed last year by Israeli warplanes.
The CIA officials also will say that though U.S. officials have had concerns for years about ties between North Korea and Syria, it was not until last year that new intelligence convinced them that the suspicious facility under construction in a remote area of Syria was a nuclear reactor, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity when discussing plans for the briefing.
By holding closed, classified briefings for members of several congressional committees, the administration will break a long silence on North Korean-Syrian nuclear cooperation and on what it knows about last year's destruction of the Syrian facility. Nonetheless, it has been widely assumed for months that many in the administration considered the site a nuclear installation.
It was not clear Tuesday how recently North Korea may have been aiding Syria. But disclosure of the relationship to the committees is likely to bring criticism from conservative lawmakers who already believe that U.S. overtures to North Korea have offered the government in Pyongyang too many benefits without assurances that it will disclose the extent of its nuclear arms effort...
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Didn’t take Democrats long to make politics with this.
Gee, didn’t Jimmy Carter and Madeline Albright broker a deal with Kim Jung-il during the Clinton administration in which he promised to play nice and not build any nukes????
A Chia Pet never changes its hair....
Bush notified 22 members of congress 8 months ago.
The CIA is an arm of the Democrat Party, just like the State Department.
Personally, I don’t believe a word that comes out of the corrupt, stinking CIA.
How is Osama and friends doing in their Pakistan digs these days?
Is this the incident in Sept. that the entire world was quiet about?
"By holding closed, classified briefings for members of several congressional committees, the administration will break a long silence on North Korean-Syrian nuclear cooperation and on what it knows about last year's destruction of the Syrian facility."
Was there another?
Non event.
I don't know about that. But thanks to the Israelis, it's a non-facility.
Before and After
The non event was the big event Thursday, which everybody knew would be a non event but it was official anyway even if past the point of significance to history.
I was in line at the bank an hour ago and this footage/graphics were on CNN (much better coverage than FNC!) with the sound muted. Talk about torture for a 9/6 junkie!
BTTT
It’ll be interesting to see what kind of information comes out of this.
Bush must be back on the sauce.
He can't be that vain to think that he can solve the NK problem (and terrorism next to Israel) this late in the game. The other sides only have to wait him out.at worst, and soak the US taxpayer at best.
He isn't the first to fail, and he's not going to be the last to fail.
At least with the current three presidential wannabes.
I'm sorry I voted for him. I reluctantly held my nose in 2004, and he continues to disappoint, even on basic common sense items.
“How is Osama and friends doing in their Pakistan digs these days?”
What’s your drift?
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It will be interesting if the Israeli’s release the video footage of the strike?!
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