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Published Date: 13 November 2008
WALID al-Moualem, Syria's foreign minister, yesterday dismissed diplomatic disclosures on Monday that traces of uranium were found at a suspected nuclear complex in the country as having been as politically motivated.
The uranium could have come from munitions used by Israel to bomb the site in September last year, he said.


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  • Last Updated: 12 November 2008 11:36 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Syria
 
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Ben More,

Edinburgh 13/11/2008 05:47:02
"...alternatively, al-Moualem added, the Uranium could have come from planet Zorkon, or perhaps even Remulak-5. There is no chance that it had anything to do with the nuclear plant, he said with a straight face."
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Bele's bane,

Scotland 13/11/2008 15:14:54
The traces of uranium came from the bombs that Israel used to destroy the structure.

Israel would of course have to convince the world that there was some substance to its propaganda and ensured its bombs contained uranium!

Master propagandists without peers, you have to hand it to Isreal!
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P·K ,

13/11/2008 23:06:31
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Scotsman quote: "The uranium could have come from munitions used by Israel to bomb the site in September last year, he said."

Your quote: "The traces of uranium came from the bombs that Israel used to destroy the structure."


Anyone who is competent and with brain can easily distinguish and grasp what has actually been reported by Scotsman. You are twisting and distorting the facts to suit your political agenda.

The first hand quote came from Syria's foreign minister who merely suspected at the 'uranium find' speaking out of his suspicious mind. This is in no way a strong evidence to prove it really came from the Israeli munitions. That is only what he suspected of and made a hearsay.

Shame on you, you are trying to pass your own one-sided biased judgement and making your own facts to discredit Israel when the site at the suspected nuclear complex has not been fully come under scrutiny and the analysis of site sample in laboratory, to seriously confirm where the traces of uranium actually came from. It could be from the site itself or the munitions, either way is possible. So, don't make hasty unfair judgement to suit your political agenda. I would wait patiently for more news to the finding unlike you.
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P·K ,

13/11/2008 23:16:15
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I read a comment by you in the other forum and came to realise your true identity. Why the creation of yet another new ID? First as Thorr, then Gere, later as Brage and next as Draupnir. And now this time is
Bele's bane!!!!!!!! How amusing, creating so many names and trolling with multiple IDs to mislead everyone here???
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James Donald,

Newbridge 13/11/2008 23:47:15
Not for the first time is it suspected that Israel has used uranium-based munitions:
"We know that the Israelis used American "bunker-buster" bombs on Hizbollah's Beirut headquarters. We know that they drenched southern Lebanon with cluster bombs in the last 72 hours of the war, leaving tens of thousands of bomblets which are still killing Lebanese civilians every week. And we now know - after it first categorically denied using such munitions - that the Israeli army also used phosphorous bombs, weapons which are supposed to be restricted under the third protocol of the Geneva Conventions, which neither Israel nor the United States have signed.
But scientific evidence gathered from at least two bomb craters in Khiam and At-Tiri, the scene of fierce fighting between Hizbollah guerrillas and Israeli troops last July and August, suggests that uranium-based munitions may now also be included in Israel's weapons inventory - and were used against targets in Lebanon. According to Dr Chris Busby, the British Scientific Secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk, two soil samples thrown up by Israeli heavy or guided bombs showed "elevated radiation signatures". Both have been forwarded for further examination to the Harwell laboratory in Oxfordshire for mass spectrometry - used by the Ministry of Defence - which has confirmed the concentration of uranium isotopes in the samples".
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-mystery-of-israels-secret-uranium-bomb-421960.html

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P·K ,

14/11/2008 11:45:06
Only idiotic morons would try to be silly smart to come out with either some kind of fabrication or petty excuses later to present as what they call evidence and facts although the truth has yet to be established.

It is like condemning a suspected murderer to death based on hearsay rather than going through normal legal procedure of prosecution in court to determine whether he is the one involved in the killing or not.

So to say, without proper official details finding and thorough investigation carry out first, none can conclude the origin of uranium present at the site. No strong confirmed evidence has come up yet to determine where the uranium originates. It’s no secret Syria and its ally Iran have the ambition to get hold of uranium for the purpose of developing nuclear bombs. Syria is trying hard to conceal that fact and naturally supporters of Islamists are keeping silent on such issue.

They are quick to blame Israel and pass hasty judgement as if they have already gone to the site, collecting samples and analysed its composition in the laboratory. They fool no sensible posters with their misleading claims and excuses. I would rather wait patiently for the finding than making wild assumption and playing the finger pointing game.
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James Donald,

Newbridge 16/11/2008 09:10:51
Israeli denials of using uranium-based munitions (and other "dirty" weapons are unconvincing:
"Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said Saturday that "all the arms and ammunition that we use are legal and conform to international laws."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/780516.html
Vietnam-era cluster bombs are legal but scattering thousands of them over the Lebanese countryside in the certain knowledge that they would make the land deadly to civilians for years to come was highly cynical. In a war, the statements of both sides are merely half-truths and slightly refined lies.
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James Donald,

Newbridge 18/11/2008 01:39:20
"Syria nuclear clues 'not damning'"
The director of the UN atomic watchdog, has said a report he is due to present later this week on Syrian nuclear activity will "not be conclusive".
"We still have work to do," the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, said in Dubai.
"We need more co-operation from Syria... We need also co-operation from Israel," Mr ElBaradei told reporters.
"There was uranium but it doesn't mean there was a reactor... It's not highly enriched uranium," Mr ElBaradei added".
Full story here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7733839.stm


 

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