Did N. Korea give Syria nuclear aid?

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Did N. Korea give Syria nuclear aid?

By Donald Kirk Wed Sep 26, 4:00 AM ET

Seoul - The US faces a dilemma going into the next round of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons: how firmly to press North Korea for details of proliferation of its nuclear technology to foreign clients.

Ahead of the Thursday meeting in Beijing, the issue has assumed critical importance with revelations of an Israeli raid early this month on a Syrian base where North Koreans were suspected of imparting not only know-how but also materiel needed for Syria to develop nuclear warheads.

"The US government has some evidence, but they seem to be deciding now is not the right time to talk about it," says Kim Tae Woo, senior research fellow at the Institute of Defense Analyses, affiliated with the South Korean defense ministry.

Indeed, US officials have said almost nothing publicly about what was going on at the base near the Turkish border in northern Syria that according to media reports prompted Israel first to send in commandos and then to bomb it.

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1. Why is there air?

The most interesting question about this incident seems to me to be why we are being bombarded with an endless stream of hypothetical horseshit about it. I am tentatively assuming it is because such an approach allows one to spread babble without any worries over some later debunking of what you said. If you make no claims about "yellow cake", nobody will be able to debunk them. It is rumour-mongering presented in the wrappings of news.