Thursday, March 22, 2018

KLEIN: Israel Is Warning Iran By Announcing the Jewish State Destroyed Syria’s Nuclear Reactor

As the Trump administration strongly considers the possibility of withdrawing from the disastrous, Obama-era nuclear accord with Iran, Israel sent a clear warning to Tehran on Tuesday by officially confirming the IDF was behind the 2007 airstrikes in northeastern Syria that destroyed the country’s nuclear reactor.
The IDF military censor released for publication that Israel’s air force carried out the September 6, 2007 pre-dawn raid on the al-Kibar nuclear site in the Deir Ezzor region of Syria. Israeli intelligence officials had determined that the site was close to becoming operational and its reactor was capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium. Israel and the U.S. had information that North Korea was providing the technical know-how, even obtaining photos of North Korean nuclear experts inside the site. According to reports, the Bush administration refused to take military action.
The Israeli raid had become one of the worst kept secrets in the Middle East. Mere days after the strikes, the international news media was rife with reports about the specifics of the Israeli attacks, down to the location of the Syrian site and the number of Israeli warplanes that took part in the strike.
The Times of Israel further documented the many times Israel and others all but confirmed the Israeli strikes: READ MORE