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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Officials in Syrian site deny IAF attack
2007-09-30
"The Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands" in Syria called the claims of an Israeli air strike "lies and fabrications", AFP reported on Sunday.

Center officials denied the reports and said that after they had seen pictures of the center in newspapers, they realized that the alleged strike was supposedly carried out in one of their abandoned sites.

An official message by the center read: "We were astonished by reports of an Israeli strike on one of our centers. The reports about the center in the Zionist press are lies and fabrications."

The center also offered journalists from around the world a tour of the location.

Two weeks ago, Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari said that nothing in Syria was bombed by the IAF, and nothing was damaged. Reports of such an attack were "ridiculous and not true," Army Radio reported Ja'afari as saying. Ja'afari added that "Syria does not have North Korean nuclear facilities."
Anybody caught by surprise, raise a hand
Posted by:gromgoru

#7  FT.com > WHY BUSH WON'T ATTACK IRAN. Not right now = not right away, anyhoo. INTERESTING - Diplomat says even iff SYRIA had a nascent nucdev prog, Syria's prog is no way near as advanced as IRAN'S???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-09-30 22:53  

#6  STRATEGYPAGE > IRAN - FEAR AND LOATHING IN IRAN; + RUSSIA: LOSERS LAMENT. Success of Israel's 9/6 attack + failures of new Russ PANTYSR/PANTISR ADS has Iran hopping mad [believe they were had/tricked by Russ] + Russ' ME = Arms customers asking questions. Russ tells them don't worry.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-09-30 22:50  

#5  Gesturing, al Obi-wan says "These are not the piles of blowed up stuff you are looking for."
Posted by: SteveS   2007-09-30 20:18  

#4  It never happened, you can't prove it and they didn't damage anything valuable anyway.
Posted by: lotp   2007-09-30 19:15  

#3  Syria does not have North Korean nuclear facilities

Nothing useful, anyway.

The center also offered journalists from around the world a tour of the location.

After the Syrians have had time to bomb another site.

Two weeks ago, Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari said that nothing in Syria was bombed by the IAF, and nothing was damaged.

So what's all the fuss I remember about how the Syrians said that because of this attack they would never make peace with Israel? It must have been just another flyover.
Posted by: gorb   2007-09-30 19:12  

#2  Took them long enough to realize they HADN'T been bombed.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-09-30 15:36  

#1   SS,DD. Some day we'll learn what really happened in the Syrian desert.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2007-09-30 15:32  

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