Covert Syrian Nukes With North Korean Techs?

Via The New York Times, not your typical light Saturday morning read. There was always speculation that N. Korea and Iran may have been co-operating over and above what was known. Did the surprise ending for Israel Ahmadinejad has been promising end with a surprise strike by Israel inside Syria? Semmel's with the Department of State, so this is official. Certainly Bashir Assad would have told House Speaker Pelosi about this, or at least have mentioned it to Denny K when they met a week ago so Kucinich could bash Bush on un-enriched Syrian soil right?

Andrew Semmel, a top official on countering the spread of nuclear weapons, said that Syria may have a number of “secret suppliers” for a covert nuclear program, and that North Korean technicians were currently operating inside Syria.

His comments, in an interview with The Associated Press in Rome, came in response to questions about an Israeli airstrike inside Syria last week. Neither Israel nor the United States has confirmed what targets the Israeli jets hit, and the government in Jerusalem has imposed a blanket restriction on the Israeli news media from reporting details about the raid.

American officials have been similarly tight-lipped, and officials who ordinarily see intelligence reports on such issues say their access has been restricted.

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[RPL]

FWIW, here's some speculation playing connect the dots.

Back in 2004, there was a horrific explosion at a train station in North Korea. Speculation ran rampant about whether it was an assasination attempt at Kim Jong Il. What was also noted was that there were about 30 Syrians that were killed in the blast.

A few months ago, it was widely reported that an Iranian general had gone missing in Turkey. He had been sent from Teheran to Damascus, and he requested that he be allowed to go to Ankara on a shopping trip. While there, he disappeared. Speculation ran from defection to kidnapping. The US, Britain, Israel, and others were suspected of being behind it. What made this notewrothy was that this general was responsible for the WMD programs in Iran.

Back in the 1990's Israel and Turkey signed a number of treaties that allowed their miltaries to train and work with each other. I believe that they are still in effect.

I don't know how long a debrief of someone this important would take, nor do I know how long it would take to plan a mission like this (the rumor was that a ground element took part as well). Playing connect the dots, it was made aware as to how close an attack was by someone who would know, an attack was planned, and executed.

As I said, just speculation. But interesting just the same.

[southdakotaboy]

I also find it interesting that both the Russians and ourselves have been getting in to such a public "pissing match" over who has the biggest non nuke bomb. We just had to throw in the fact that ours can penetrate deep under ground. Could this be a warning to IMANUTJOB that we can destroy anything he has burried in bunkers?