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Israel to Turkey: Sorry, we might have invaded your airspace

October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apologized to Turkey on Sunday for possibly invading Turkish airspace. Mr. Olmert refrained from admitting that it was during a Sept. 6 air strike on a Syrian military site.
Israel has yet to officially admit it carried out the strike. Turkish authorities have complained that Israel dropped fuel tanks on the country […]

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Tags: turkey · Syrian nuclear ambitions · Israel

IAEA chief criticizes Israel for strike on Syria

October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

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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Tags: U.N. investigation · Syrian nuclear ambitions · Syrian attack site · IAEA

Photos said to show Israeli strike site

October 25th, 2007 · No Comments

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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Tags: Syrian nuclear ambitions · Syrian attack site · Uncategorized

Syria meets with North Korean official

October 21st, 2007 · No Comments

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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Tags: Syrian nuclear ambitions · Syrian attack site · North Korea

UN Agency investigates satellite photos of Syrian site

October 21st, 2007 · No Comments

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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Tags: U.N. investigation · Syrian nuclear ambitions · Syrian attack site · Uncategorized