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Nearly eight weeks have passed, and all is remains quiet regarding a Sept. 6 Israeli air strike on a Syrian military facility.  Many players have a lot at stake, including Syria, Israel, the US and North Korea.  Washington Post Deputy Editor Jackson Diehl spells out the diplomatic quandry in his editorial today:
“Now Israeli and U.S. […]

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Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, criticized  Israel in a CNN interview for it’s Sept. 6 airstrike on a facility in Syria, saying that Israel’s pre-emptive strike “is very distressful because we have a system.  If countries have information that the country is working on a nuclear-related program, they should come […]

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U.S. security analysts say they believe they have satellite photos of the site in northeastern Syria which was the target of a Sept. 6 Israeli airstrike.
Both U.S. and international experts said the site is similar to that of a nuclear facility in North Korea. The photos depict a compound with a tall chamber […]

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Admidst the speculation surrounding the Sept. 6 airstrike on a military facility in northeastern Syria, Syrians officials met with a North Korean official as planned.  Both countries say they are meeting to discuss ways of furthering the relationship between the two countries. Many countries suspect that North Korea may be assisting Syria in developing […]

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UN experts admitted to the AP that they received satellite photos of the Syrian military facility that was attacked on Sept. 6, and are investigating the photos for signs that it is a nuclear facility.
The Washington Post on Friday cited anonymous American officials as saying the site in Syria’s eastern desert near the Euphrates River […]

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