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The Strike on Al Kibar
Haaretz dropped an incredible article with new details about the 2007 Israeli air strike on the nascent Syrian nuclear reactor at Al Kibar.
So we thought it would be a good opportunity to interrupt Jeffrey's working vacation to talk about Al Kibar, the North Korean nuclear connection, and how our understanding of the event has evolved over the past decade.
Links of Note:
The Haaretz article with all the details on the strike on Al Kibar.
One reader's trip to the Syrian archaeological site near Al Kibar that should not, and we cannot emphasize this enough, ever be tried again.
The 2008 videos detailing the Al Kibar strike
Some ACW blog posts on Al Kibar:
Discussions on the details of the reactor.
Some US IC statements about Al Kibar.
Decisionmaking around the strike.
Al Kibar being overrun during the Civil War.
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