September 23, 2007
Israelis seized nuclear material in Syrian raidUzi Mahnaimi and Sarah Baxter
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Israeli commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a daring raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israel bombed it this month, according to informed sources in Washington and Jerusalem.
The attack was launched with American approval on September 6 after Washington was shown evidence the material was nuclear related, the well-placed sources say.
They confirmed that samples taken from Syria for testing had been identified as North Korean. This raised fears that Syria might have joined North Korea and Iran in seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.
London Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2512380.ece