Exclusive: Israel’s air maneuver did not simulate possible Iran strike strategy

Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Military, Attack, Blitz, Capability, Conjunction, Crete, Greek Air Force, helicopters, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Israel Nuclear, Israeli Air Force, Long Distance, Maneuver, Military Sources, natanz, Nuclear Facilities, Reactor, Rehearsal, Tactic, Uranium Enrichment Plant, Warplanes

DEBKAfile’s Western military sources do not believe that if Israel does attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, it will resort to the old-fashioned aerial blitz tactic employed in 1981 for bombing Iraq’s Osirak reactor. They therefore challenge the US officials’ conclusion that Israel’s aerial exercise in conjunction with the Greek Air Force over Crete in early June [...]

U.N. Nuclear Inspectors to Visit Syria

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Syria, Albright, American Intelligence, Building Material, Chemical Traces, Focus, Foundations, Graphite, Intelligence Agencies, Interviews, Piping, Reactor, Suspicions, Syria, Syrians, Vienna

At the Euphrates site, Mr. Albright said, the agency’s inspectors should look for evidence like special piping, old foundations and chemical traces of graphite, a basic reactor building material.
“If the Syrians think that a quick visit and some interviews” will clear up the nuclear suspicions, he said, “they’re sadly mistaken.”
The senior official in Vienna said [...]

Search Is Urged for Syrian Nuclear Sites

Posted by Matt in May 28th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Syria, Air Raid, Atomic Energy Agency, Government Officials, International Atomic Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, Israeli Air, Kibar, Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Reactors, Reactor, Syria, Western Diplomats

At least three sites have been identified by U.S. officials and passed along to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is negotiating with Syria for permission to conduct inspections in the country, according to U.S. government officials and Western diplomats. U.S. officials want to know if the suspect sites may have been support facilities for [...]

The North Korea Challenge

Posted by Matt in May 15th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Nuclear, Aei, Bush Administration, Danielle Pletka, Diplomatic Recognition, Dollar Bills, Foreign Aid, hezbollah, Hundreds Of Thousands, International Peace, Kim Jong Il, Libya, North-Korea, Nuclear Ambitions, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Weapon, Proliferation, Reactor, sanctions, Sophisticated Missiles, Time Transactions

In these two articles, AEI’s Danielle Pletka and John R. Bolton bring us up to date and discuss the larger implications of developments since Kim Jong Il pledged to give up his nuclear ambitions in exchange for diplomatic recognition and foreign aid. Pletka reminds readers that since North Korea signed the 1994 accord, it has [...]