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WikiLeaks: U.S. Memo Says Israel Bombed Syrian Reactor

(Ynet News) A confidential cable sent on April 25, 2008, by then-U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to State Department representatives worldwide states that "on September 6, 2007, Israel destroyed the nuclear reactor built by Syria secretly, apparently with North Korea's help." The document is a first official and detailed confirmation of the attack. "Our intelligence experts are convinced that the site targeted by the Israelis is in fact an atomic reactor of the same type built by North Korea in Yongbyon," she wrote. "The American intelligence community engaged in intensive efforts for many months to confirm the information provided to us by Israel about the reactor and collect additional information through our sources and methods." "We have good reason to believe that the reactor was not built for peaceful purposes," she wrote. "First of all, we estimate that it was not designed as a power station, was isolated from populated communities and was not suitable for research purposes." "Second, Syria took far-reaching steps to keep the real nature of the site secret." "The hiding and lies spread by Syria in the months after the attack are clear proof that it has something to hide."
2010-12-24 08:12:46
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