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	<title>Comments on: Curiouser and curiouser: Syrian reactor bombed by Israel was built in 2003</title>
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		<title>By: Mere Rhetoric</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mere Rhetoric</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Syria&#039;s Been Building Their Nuclear Reactor Since 2003 And The State Department Still Tried To Stop Israel From Taking It Out (Plus: Awesome IDF Bombing Raid Just Got Filled With Even More Awesome)...&lt;/strong&gt;

 The Syrians have taken what was left of the reactor that Israel humiliatingly bombed and made it disappear. Now WaPo reports that they&#039;d been building that thing since 2003: The mystery surrounding the construction of what might have been......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Syria&#8217;s Been Building Their Nuclear Reactor Since 2003 And The State Department Still Tried To Stop Israel From Taking It Out (Plus: Awesome IDF Bombing Raid Just Got Filled With Even More Awesome)&#8230;</strong></p>
<p> The Syrians have taken what was left of the reactor that Israel humiliatingly bombed and made it disappear. Now WaPo reports that they&#8217;d been building that thing since 2003: The mystery surrounding the construction of what might have been&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: 24K lady</title>
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		<dc:creator>24K lady</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Romeo13 - That is a delicious question, which absolutely no one is going to answer on any level from Washington.

DoriaGrey - Good to see you back and pray all is well in S.D..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Romeo13 &#8211; That is a delicious question, which absolutely no one is going to answer on any level from Washington.</p>
<p>DoriaGrey &#8211; Good to see you back and pray all is well in S.D..</p>
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		<title>By: Jaibones</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jaibones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;maverick muse on October 28, 2007 at 8:20 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Pay not attention to that clown; it is really just someone&#039;s puckered anus with a lot of makeup...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>maverick muse on October 28, 2007 at 8:20 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Pay not attention to that clown; it is really just someone&#8217;s puckered anus with a lot of makeup&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: doriangrey</title>
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		<dc:creator>doriangrey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;maverick muse on October 28, 2007 at 8:20 AM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Clean up on isle 11, Ron Paultard alert, Ron Paultard alert...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>maverick muse on October 28, 2007 at 8:20 AM</p></blockquote>
<p>Clean up on isle 11, Ron Paultard alert, Ron Paultard alert&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: wuzrobbd</title>
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		<dc:creator>wuzrobbd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Troy Rasmussen on October 27, 2007 at 7:22 PM

Excellent point.

agape,
robb</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Troy Rasmussen on October 27, 2007 at 7:22 PM</p>
<p>Excellent point.</p>
<p>agape,<br />
robb</p>
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		<title>By: About that nuke plant in Syria&#8230; &#124; BitsBlog</title>
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		<dc:creator>About that nuke plant in Syria&#8230; &#124; BitsBlog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] has popped up over that bombing of a nuclear target in Syria by Israel. One instance of this was at Hot Air: Why did Israel hit the reactor now if they were comfortable enough with it for four years? The [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] has popped up over that bombing of a nuclear target in Syria by Israel. One instance of this was at Hot Air: Why did Israel hit the reactor now if they were comfortable enough with it for four years? The [...]</p>
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		<title>By: CliffHanger</title>
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		<dc:creator>CliffHanger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Finally, a &quot;Suter&quot; that I like...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally, a &#8220;Suter&#8221; that I like&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Romeo13</title>
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		<dc:creator>Romeo13</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can&#039;t run a reactor without fuel... 

My guess is that the plant was built... but they had no fuel for it... 

With the NORKs shutting down their reactors, they had to do somthing with the fuel, and so sold it to Syria.  The &quot;cement&quot; was used as a sheilding agent so no radioactive signature could be detected at any great distance.

My guess is that Isreal hit just as they were preparing to fuel the reactor (it takes some time to do this)...

Now the big question... that no one is addressing... where is the fuel?  Did Israel go in and get it? or is it still in Syrian, or even worse, Iranian hands?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can&#8217;t run a reactor without fuel&#8230; </p>
<p>My guess is that the plant was built&#8230; but they had no fuel for it&#8230; </p>
<p>With the NORKs shutting down their reactors, they had to do somthing with the fuel, and so sold it to Syria.  The &#8220;cement&#8221; was used as a sheilding agent so no radioactive signature could be detected at any great distance.</p>
<p>My guess is that Isreal hit just as they were preparing to fuel the reactor (it takes some time to do this)&#8230;</p>
<p>Now the big question&#8230; that no one is addressing&#8230; where is the fuel?  Did Israel go in and get it? or is it still in Syrian, or even worse, Iranian hands?</p>
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		<title>By: lawhawk</title>
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		<dc:creator>lawhawk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Allah,

Strategy Page suggests Suter was involved, but this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/04/radar_hack_raid/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;October 6 article&lt;/a&gt; came to the same conclusion several weeks earlier.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allah,</p>
<p>Strategy Page suggests Suter was involved, but this <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/04/radar_hack_raid/" rel="nofollow">October 6 article</a> came to the same conclusion several weeks earlier.</p>
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		<title>By: maverick muse</title>
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		<dc:creator>maverick muse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A SIMPLE YET GRAND SHELL GAME with Pinocchio Bush at the helm keeps us peons askew. 

Follow the money to recognize the puppetmasters; don&#039;t get stuck on the particular politician in the spotlight. They are all of the same master manipulative company troupe, globalizing via concurrent deceptions and placations.

Which info to release, which info to create, which info to act upon...

Regardless of which, be it Bosnian, Afghan, Pakistani, Syrian, Iranian, Iraqi, UAE, Palestinian, &lt;strong&gt;ourselves&lt;/strong&gt;, the news is always fabricated toward the objective. It is all propaganda that keeps us worker bees buzzing accordingly. In current events, it becomes more and more difficult to see or even imagine sanity ruling the day.

I would the objective be to uphold our Constitution. But all those who do so are ultimately given the shaft in the grand shell game enforced by globalists. In our contemporary Oval Office, the motto is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; &quot;the buck stops here&quot; as the shaft is utilized ever so frequently.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A SIMPLE YET GRAND SHELL GAME with Pinocchio Bush at the helm keeps us peons askew. </p>
<p>Follow the money to recognize the puppetmasters; don&#8217;t get stuck on the particular politician in the spotlight. They are all of the same master manipulative company troupe, globalizing via concurrent deceptions and placations.</p>
<p>Which info to release, which info to create, which info to act upon&#8230;</p>
<p>Regardless of which, be it Bosnian, Afghan, Pakistani, Syrian, Iranian, Iraqi, UAE, Palestinian, <strong>ourselves</strong>, the news is always fabricated toward the objective. It is all propaganda that keeps us worker bees buzzing accordingly. In current events, it becomes more and more difficult to see or even imagine sanity ruling the day.</p>
<p>I would the objective be to uphold our Constitution. But all those who do so are ultimately given the shaft in the grand shell game enforced by globalists. In our contemporary Oval Office, the motto is <em>not</em> &#8220;the buck stops here&#8221; as the shaft is utilized ever so frequently.</p>
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		<title>By: Mojave Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mojave Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t think of another example of a nation striking against another and then not mentioning it or explaining why they did it. Wazzzup?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t think of another example of a nation striking against another and then not mentioning it or explaining why they did it. Wazzzup?</p>
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		<title>By: doriangrey</title>
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		<dc:creator>doriangrey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Then there was Gen. Georges Sada, who was apparently talking to a wall.

Pablo on October 27, 2007 at 10:20 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Very interesting article.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Then there was Gen. Georges Sada, who was apparently talking to a wall.</p>
<p>Pablo on October 27, 2007 at 10:20 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Very interesting article.</p>
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		<title>By: Kaptain Amerika</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kaptain Amerika</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;If you believe Strategy Page, that warning shot served its purpose: all your (air warning) base are belong to us.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

thank you... there is tea all over my 3 monitors now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8220;If you believe Strategy Page, that warning shot served its purpose: all your (air warning) base are belong to us.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>thank you&#8230; there is tea all over my 3 monitors now.</p>
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		<title>By: Pablo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Everyone mocked Debka for saying this at the time. (”This” being that Saddam was sending his WMDs off to Syria.)

Attila (Pillage Idiot) on October 27, 2007 at 7:52 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Then there was &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nysun.com/article/26514&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gen. Georges Sada&lt;/a&gt;, who was apparently talking to a wall.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Everyone mocked Debka for saying this at the time. (”This” being that Saddam was sending his WMDs off to Syria.)</p>
<p>Attila (Pillage Idiot) on October 27, 2007 at 7:52 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Then there was <a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/26514" rel="nofollow">Gen. Georges Sada</a>, who was apparently talking to a wall.</p>
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		<title>By: Wanderlust</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wanderlust</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;doriangrey on October 27, 2007 at 7:12 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I love the smell of Arabic humiliation in the morning!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>doriangrey on October 27, 2007 at 7:12 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>I love the smell of Arabic humiliation in the morning!</p>
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		<title>By: doriangrey</title>
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		<dc:creator>doriangrey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
However did anyone manage to find out what was going on in Syria/Iran without our top notch blonde bombshell spy on the job?

Sue on October 27, 2007 at 9:59 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Heh heh heh it was probably the fact that she wasn&#039;t there anymore to prevent them from doing so that it happened...</description>
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However did anyone manage to find out what was going on in Syria/Iran without our top notch blonde bombshell spy on the job?</p>
<p>Sue on October 27, 2007 at 9:59 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Heh heh heh it was probably the fact that she wasn&#8217;t there anymore to prevent them from doing so that it happened&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>However did anyone manage to find out what was going on in Syria/Iran without our top notch blonde bombshell spy on the job?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>However did anyone manage to find out what was going on in Syria/Iran without our top notch blonde bombshell spy on the job?</p>
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		<title>By: CommentGuy</title>
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		<dc:creator>CommentGuy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.gov/t/us/rm/24135.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a State Department Release by John Bolton&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;Sept 16, 2003&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  Nuclear
    As I informed Congress last fall, we are concerned about Syria&#039;s nuclear R&amp;D program and continue to watch for any signs of nuclear weapons activity or foreign assistance that could facilitate a Syrian nuclear weapons capability. We are aware of Syrian efforts to acquire dual-use technologies—some, through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Technical Cooperation program—that could be applied to a nuclear weapons program. In addition, Russia and Syria have approved a draft program on cooperation on civil nuclear power. Broader access to Russian expertise could provide opportunities for Syria to expand its indigenous capabilities, should it decide to pursue nuclear weapons. The Syrians have a Chinese-supplied “miniature” research reactor under IAEA safeguards at Dayr Al Hajar. 
  
  Syria is a party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and has a standard safeguards agreement with the IAEA but, like Iran, has not yet signed or, to our knowledge, even begun negotiations on the IAEA Additional Protocol. The Additional Protocol is an important tool that, if fully implemented, could strengthen the IAEA’s investigative powers to verify compliance with NPT safeguards obligations and provides the IAEA with the ability to act quickly on any indicators of undeclared nuclear materials, facilities and activities. We believe the Additional Protocol should be a new minimal standard for countries to demonstrate their nonproliferation bona fides. 
  
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <a href="http://www.state.gov/t/us/rm/24135.htm" rel="nofollow">a State Department Release by John Bolton</a> <b>Sept 16, 2003</b></p>
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  Nuclear<br />
    As I informed Congress last fall, we are concerned about Syria&#8217;s nuclear R&amp;D program and continue to watch for any signs of nuclear weapons activity or foreign assistance that could facilitate a Syrian nuclear weapons capability. We are aware of Syrian efforts to acquire dual-use technologies—some, through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Technical Cooperation program—that could be applied to a nuclear weapons program. In addition, Russia and Syria have approved a draft program on cooperation on civil nuclear power. Broader access to Russian expertise could provide opportunities for Syria to expand its indigenous capabilities, should it decide to pursue nuclear weapons. The Syrians have a Chinese-supplied “miniature” research reactor under IAEA safeguards at Dayr Al Hajar. </p>
<p>  Syria is a party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and has a standard safeguards agreement with the IAEA but, like Iran, has not yet signed or, to our knowledge, even begun negotiations on the IAEA Additional Protocol. The Additional Protocol is an important tool that, if fully implemented, could strengthen the IAEA’s investigative powers to verify compliance with NPT safeguards obligations and provides the IAEA with the ability to act quickly on any indicators of undeclared nuclear materials, facilities and activities. We believe the Additional Protocol should be a new minimal standard for countries to demonstrate their nonproliferation bona fides. </p>
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		<title>By: William Amos</title>
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		<dc:creator>William Amos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is what I caught

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/910257.html

&lt;blockquote&gt;Washington Post: Several N. Korean scientists hurt in IAF strike in Syria  
 
By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent  

WASHINGTON - A top-secret report by the U.S. intelligence services says several North Korean scientists were injured in Israel&#039;s strike in Syria last month, top Washington Post columnist Jim Hoagland reported in the paper Sunday. 

Some two weeks ago, British newspaper The Sunday Times reported that diplomats in North Korea and China believed a number of North Koreans had been killed in the strike, based on reports reaching Asian governments about conversations between Chinese and North Korean officials.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is what I caught</p>
<p><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/910257.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/910257.html</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Washington Post: Several N. Korean scientists hurt in IAF strike in Syria  </p>
<p>By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent  </p>
<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; A top-secret report by the U.S. intelligence services says several North Korean scientists were injured in Israel&#8217;s strike in Syria last month, top Washington Post columnist Jim Hoagland reported in the paper Sunday. </p>
<p>Some two weeks ago, British newspaper The Sunday Times reported that diplomats in North Korea and China believed a number of North Koreans had been killed in the strike, based on reports reaching Asian governments about conversations between Chinese and North Korean officials.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: William Amos</title>
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		<dc:creator>William Amos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Maybe certain senior managers were on-site that day.

Zorro on October 27, 2007 at 9:20 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Were reports that several Korean Sceintists were killed or wounded that day

hmmm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Maybe certain senior managers were on-site that day.</p>
<p>Zorro on October 27, 2007 at 9:20 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Were reports that several Korean Sceintists were killed or wounded that day</p>
<p>hmmm</p>
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		<title>By: Zorro</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zorro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Why did Israel hit the reactor now ...&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Maybe certain senior managers were on-site that day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Why did Israel hit the reactor now &#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>Maybe certain senior managers were on-site that day.</p>
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		<title>By: doriangrey</title>
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		<dc:creator>doriangrey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;That’s wicked scary confidence, if true.

Jaibones on October 27, 2007 at 8:24 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

And it probably is true...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>That’s wicked scary confidence, if true.</p>
<p>Jaibones on October 27, 2007 at 8:24 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>And it probably is true&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: 1913 Intel - Monitoring Strategic and Geopolitical Developments &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Yet Another Photo of Site in Syria, Yet More Questions</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/27/curiouser-and-curiouser-syrian-reactor-bombed-by-israel-was-built-in-2003/comment-page-1/#comment-754781</link>
		<dc:creator>1913 Intel - Monitoring Strategic and Geopolitical Developments &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Yet Another Photo of Site in Syria, Yet More Questions</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] suggest Syrian reactor underway in 2001 Ha&#8217;aretz A deal to keep with North Korea Boston Globe Hot Air - New York Times all 168 news articles [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] suggest Syrian reactor underway in 2001 Ha&#8217;aretz A deal to keep with North Korea Boston Globe Hot Air &#8211; New York Times all 168 news articles [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Jaibones</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jaibones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>None of it makes any sense to me and with no one talking about this at all, the mystery only deepens.  But it tickles my fancy to think that the Israelis (and us?) so completely own these Arab twits in Syria and Iran that they can fly in there, all the way to the north, wipe out this thing that they weren&#039;t supposed to know exists, without triggering the Russian air defense systems that they&#039;re not supposed to know exist, and leave the Syria, Iran, Russia and China all looking at each other with blank faces and angry thoughts.

Jooooooooooooooos!  

I can&#039;t escape the thought, too, that the Israelis must have someone inside Syria at a level so high that they knew what was on the ship from Nork, and that the bombing run had the added benefit of telling Syria that they weren&#039;t afraid of exposure.  That&#039;s wicked scary confidence, if true.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>None of it makes any sense to me and with no one talking about this at all, the mystery only deepens.  But it tickles my fancy to think that the Israelis (and us?) so completely own these Arab twits in Syria and Iran that they can fly in there, all the way to the north, wipe out this thing that they weren&#8217;t supposed to know exists, without triggering the Russian air defense systems that they&#8217;re not supposed to know exist, and leave the Syria, Iran, Russia and China all looking at each other with blank faces and angry thoughts.</p>
<p>Jooooooooooooooos!  </p>
<p>I can&#8217;t escape the thought, too, that the Israelis must have someone inside Syria at a level so high that they knew what was on the ship from Nork, and that the bombing run had the added benefit of telling Syria that they weren&#8217;t afraid of exposure.  That&#8217;s wicked scary confidence, if true.</p>
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		<title>By: ThackerAgency</title>
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		<dc:creator>ThackerAgency</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Agree it is likely a &#039;shot across the bow&#039;.  But I think sometimes if it is not an immediate threat, it is a good idea to monitor the activity to see what other intelligence you can get from it.  In other words, who is involved, what are they trying to do.  All-in-all, not likely that either the US or Israel were surprised by it.  Threat neutralized.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agree it is likely a &#8217;shot across the bow&#8217;.  But I think sometimes if it is not an immediate threat, it is a good idea to monitor the activity to see what other intelligence you can get from it.  In other words, who is involved, what are they trying to do.  All-in-all, not likely that either the US or Israel were surprised by it.  Threat neutralized.</p>
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