New commercial satellite photos show that a Syrian site believed to have been attacked by Israel last month no longer bears any obvious traces of what some analysts said appeared to have been a partly built nuclear reactor.
Sure, it's easy to say it was a "he said, she said" bit, but check out the photos of before and after the strike.
Syria sure did make a hurry of cleaning up the site. If it was indeed an "unused building" like the Syrians say it was, then why the hurried up cleaning job? It would be a coup for them to have photos and video evidence of "Israeli aggression", but they didn't. They were extremely quiet about the whole thing and wanted to clean it up as quickly as possible.
The evidence is mounting, and it's pretty hard to deny something was going on.
Any attempt by Syrian authorities to clean up the site would make it difficult, if not impossible, for international weapons inspectors to determine the exact nature of the activity there. Officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna have said they hoped to analyze the satellite images and ultimately inspect the site in person.
So even if the IAEA eventually gets there, there's probably no way to find out truly what was there. However, Israel is saying the have photos from inside the structure. If true, Syria is in a world of hurt.
The striking difference in the satellite photos surprised even some outside experts who were skeptical that Syria might be developing a nuclear program.
It's nice to see when skeptics who normally try to say how America is being a bully, admit that we may very well be onto something.
Travis
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