Report: Israeli Jets Destroyed Syrian Nuke Cache

"It was just after midnight when the 69th Squadron of Israeli F-15Is crossed the Syrian coast-line. On the ground, Syria’s formidable air defences went dead. An audacious raid on a Syrian target 50 miles from the Iraqi border was under way.

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At a rendezvous point on the ground, a Shaldag air force commando team was waiting to direct their laser beams at the target for the approaching jets. The team had arrived a day earlier, taking up position near a large underground depot. Soon the bunkers were in flames.

Ten days after the jets reached home, their mission was the focus of intense speculation this weekend amid claims that Israel believed it had destroyed a cache of nuclear materials from North Korea.

The Israeli government was not saying. “The security sources and IDF [Israeli Defence Forces] soldiers are demonstrating unusual courage,” said Ehud Olmert, the prime minister. “We naturally cannot always show the public our cards.”

The Syrians were also keeping mum. “I cannot reveal the details,” said Farouk al-Sharaa, the vice-president. “All I can say is the military and political echelon is looking into a series of responses as we speak. Results are forthcoming.” The official story that the target comprised weapons destined for Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite group, appeared to be crumbling in the face of widespread scepticism.

Andrew Semmel, a senior US State Department official, said Syria might have obtained nuclear equipment from “secret suppliers”, and added that there were a “number of foreign technicians” in the country.

Asked if they could be North Korean, he replied: “There are North Korean people there. There’s no question about that.” He said a network run by AQ Khan, the disgraced creator of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, could be involved."

Syria with nukes. Boggles the mind. The guts of this story is a question that should be asked of the democrat candidates, you know, that little problem going on in the Middle East (NOT Asia as the Brits like to call it) where day after day moslems strive to figure out a way to destroy Israel. Not that they'd answer truthfully, mind you, not with Nancy P having gone to Syria on her burka-finding tour to smooch moslem butt and assure them that as soon as Bush leaves the White House America can once again be a target rich environment for jihadists.

Way to go, Israel. I'm sure we provided an awful lot of intelligence resources to assist you in taking out whatever it really was that you took out. And but of course the Nork midget had his pudgy little hands in this, and its a shame he isn't close enough for you to bomb HIM as well.