The puzzling site in Syria that Israeli jets bombed in September grew more curious on Friday with the release of a satellite photograph showing new construction there that resembles the site’s former main building.
New construction at a disputed Syrian site that Israeli and American analysts judged to be a partially built nuclear reactor.
Israel’s air attack was directed against what Israeli and American intelligence analysts had judged to be a partly constructed nuclear reactor. The Syrians vigorously denied the atomic claim.
Before the attack, satellite imagery showed a tall, square building there measuring about 150 feet long per side.
After the attack, the Syrians wiped the area clean, with some analysis calling the speed of the cleanup a tacit admission of guilt. The barren site is on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, 90 miles north of the Iraqi border.
The image released Friday came from a private company, DigitalGlobe, in Longmont, Colo. It shows a tall, square building under construction that appears to closely resemble the original structure, with the exception that the roof is vaulted instead of flat. The photo was taken from space on Wednesday.
- I GUESS THEY REALLY WANNA PLAY WHACKAMOLE.
- I SAY: OKAY: COUNTING DOWN: TEN... NINE... EIGHT...
- SERIOUSLY: CONCRETE USED IN CONSTRUCTION COULD HIDE A LOT OF SINS.
- I BETCHYA THEY INVITE INSPECTORS WHEN THEY'RE DONE.
BOTTOM-LINE: TRANSPARENCY IS CENTRAL TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
ASSAD'S TYRANNICAL TERRORIST-ENABLING REGIME HAS NO TRANSPARENCY, AND THIS IS WHY WE MUST ACT PREEMPTIVELY: BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.
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