ARE THERE NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS IN SYRIA? That is the claim in one of the articles summarized in today's Daily Alert dealing with the Israeli flights over Syria:

Sources Confirm Israeli Airstrike on Syria - Iranian Weapons?
Last week, Syria reported that its aircraft fired on Israeli "enemy aircraft" that flew into northern Syria early Thursday. The strike may have targeted Hizbullah weapons coming into Syria or transiting through the country from Iran, according to sources in the region and in the U.S. Sources said the military operation may have also involved Israeli ground forces who directed the airstrike, which "left a big hole in the desert" in Syria. The Israeli government is very happy with the success of the operation, the sources said. Sources in the U.S. government and military confirmed that the airstrike did happen, and that they are happy to have Israel carry the message to both Syria and Iran that they can get in and out and strike when necessary. (CNN)

See also Israel Eyes Possible Nuclear Installations in Syria - Mark Mazzetti and Helene Cooper
One Bush administration official said Israel had recently carried out reconnaissance flights over Syria, taking pictures of possible nuclear installations that Israeli officials believed might have been supplied with material from North Korea. The official said Israeli officials believed that North Korea might be unloading some of its nuclear material on Syria. (New York Times)

See also Report: Israel Hit Syria Base Financed by Iran
Israeli planes last week bombed and destroyed a northern Syrian missile base that was financed by Iran, an Arab-Israeli newspaper reported Wednesday. Citing Israeli sources, Assennara said that Israeli jets "bombed, in northern Syria, a Syrian-Iranian missile base financed by Iran....It appears that the base was completely destroyed." (AFP/Middle East Times-Egypt)

See also The Airstrike in Syria Is a Secret that Cannot Be Kept - Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff
It is now a matter of time before the main elements of the story are released to the media. Both the Syrian and the Israeli leadership have been extraordinarily silent about this. According to European diplomats, the Syrians have made it clear that Israeli silence over the incident is "worthy." The Syrians are not talking about the "strategic" target that was bombed in their territory - according to the Lebanese press. (Ha'aretz)

See more updated info in my later post.

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