I'm not buying their story. Its been two years since those particles were discovered, another three since the Israelis bombed the facility and the Syrians are just now making that claim. Combine that with the fact that they won't let weapons inspectors into the site and honestly, it sounds like a load of crap to me.

Does Israel allow weapons inspectors or even admit to having nuclear weapons?

Originally posted by watcher73
Does Israel allow weapons inspectors or even admit to having nuclear weapons?

Nope, but thats not the topic.

Syria got caught with its hand in the cookie jar and this is simply a lame ass attempt at damage control. I mean really why bother at this stage.

Why would the IAF run such a high risk mission, showing the weakness of a state of the art Russian air defence system which no doubt they will work hard to correct, to simulate a nuclear site?

Originally posted by FredT

Originally posted by watcher73
Does Israel allow weapons inspectors or even admit to having nuclear weapons?

Nope, but thats not the topic.

Syria got caught with its hand in the cookie jar and this is simply a lame ass attempt at damage control. I mean really why bother at this stage.

Why would the IAF run such a high risk mission, showing the weakness of a state of the art Russian air defence system which no doubt they will work hard to correct, to simulate a nuclear site?

So its ok for Israel to have stolen a whole jar but its not ok for Syria to reach in a pluck a few out of another jar?

New rule: if you wont allow inspections of yourself you have no right to demand inspections of others.

Originally posted by watcher73
What actions? Their right to remain sovereign and refuse inspections?

The Syrians signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. One of the requirements of that treaty is that they may be subject to inspections to determine whether or not they are diverting nuclear materials to weapons programs.

Originally posted by FredT

Originally posted by watcher73
Does Israel allow weapons inspectors or even admit to having nuclear weapons?

Nope, but thats not the topic.

Syria got caught with its hand in the cookie jar and this is simply a lame ass attempt at damage control. I mean really why bother at this stage.

Why would the IAF run such a high risk mission, showing the weakness of a state of the art Russian air defence system which no doubt they will work hard to correct, to simulate a nuclear site?

While it may not be the topic its a key component to the argument. If the Syrians are making this claim it would be simple to validate by having IAEA confirm what the israelis used in their munitions. Oh yah can't do that, they are non signatories for the NPT and don't play nice with others. Or in the words of others they might and would impose a lame ass attempt at damage control.

Further whats more disturbing here is how a sovereign nation can be invaded by israel with no global recourse. Irrespective of the meaningless banter from either side, I guess its okey dokey to bomb other nations who the israelis deem as a threat, but allow no inspection on their part or actions. Hypocrites to the extreme and certainly not a nation or people to trust yet alone draw concern for. The same can be said for the Syrians.

The problem here is that we will never have the facts so aside from what little we do know this is pointless speculation.

Deny ignorance indeed. Looks like full steam ahead here.

brill

Originally posted by TrueTruth

Trust Iran over Isreal?

You do know that the original Jews were actually Iranian (Persian) dont you?