https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/03/bombing-the-syrian-reactor-the-untold-story/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 15:36:44 -0400<![CDATA[Initially, there were doubts that Bashar al-Assad could be so stupid as to try this stunt of building a nuclear reactor with North Korean help. Did he really think he would get away with it—that Israel would permit it? But he nearly did; had the reactor been activated, striking it militarily could have strewn radioactive material into the wind and into the nearby Euphrates River, which was the reactor’s source of water needed for cooling. When we found out about the reactor, it was at an advanced construction stage, just a few months from being “hot.”&#8230;]]>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:00:21 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/03/bombing-the-syrian-reactor-the-untold-story-n280927