Neocons Tie N. Korea to Israeli Strike on Syria

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MIDEAST: Neocons Tie N. Korea to Israeli Strike on Syria
Analysis by Khody Akhavi

WASHINGTON, Sep 18 (IPS) - Nearly two weeks have passed since Israeli warplanes conducted a mysterious raid against an as yet unidentified target in northeast Syria. Details of the incident have been slow to come, as officials from both countries have remained tight-lipped.

In the absence of a clear picture of what happened in the early hours of Sep. 6, speculation in the U.S. mainstream media has grown as to what exactly the Israelis targeted, and why Damascus -- assuming it was the target of an unprovoked attack -- has been so muted in its response.

Was Israel's attack aimed at testing Syria's radar defences? Did the air strike seek to disrupt arms shipments to Lebanon's Hezbollah? Was it a dress rehearsal for a possible future strike on Iranian nuclear facilities?

Feeding the speculation, a familiar clutch of George W. Bush administration hawks appear to be suggesting that Israel's apparent air strike may have targeted a joint North Korea-Syria nuclear venture.

Writing in the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal more than a week before the incident, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John R. Bolton asserted, "We know that both Iran and Syria have long cooperated with North Korea on ballistic missile programs, and the prospect of cooperation on nuclear matters is not far-fetched."

"Whether and to what extent Iran, Syria or others might be 'safe heavens' for North Korea's nuclear weapons development, or may have already benefited from it, must be made clear," he wrote. Bolton resigned his position at the U.N. in late 2006 and currently serves as a senior fellow at the neo-conservative American Enterprise Institute.

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1. You know what...

I think Beleize has a bomb...

And South Korea is dumping it's fuel rods, via Iranian transport, with Saddam's daughter at the helm of the vessel, crewed by Syrian Hezbullah radicals...