Comments on: Two Stories To Take With A Grain of Salt https://totalwonkerr.net/2009/03/20/two-stories-to-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Allen Thomson https://totalwonkerr.net/2009/03/20/two-stories-to-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#comment-701 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:36:15 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/two-stories-to-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#comment-701 I maintain an agglomeration of factoids on the pencil factory at http://www.fas.org/man/eprint/syria.pdf . Taking a quick look at what the NZZ piece says, it does seem to be just a synthesis of previous reportage.

And now there’s what appears to be a refutation of the claim of Iranian involvement:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3689418,00.html

US: Iran didn’t fund Syrian reactor
Published: 03.19.09, 23:31 / Israel News

A US Counterproliferation official denied a report saying Iran had
funded a Syrian reactor that was bombed by Israel in 2007.

“There is strong reason to believe that only two countries were
involved in building the Syrian covert nuclear reactor at Al Kibar – Syria and North Korea,” said the official, who spoke on condition of
anonymity. (AP)

]]> By: b https://totalwonkerr.net/2009/03/20/two-stories-to-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#comment-700 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:38:38 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/two-stories-to-take-with-a-grain-of-salt/#comment-700 Israel may have a few Jericho III with that capability. But about certainly not in the numbers the CSIS report suggests would be needed (30-50).

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