Cheney's Hand Behind Leaks-US Intell Does NOT Show Syrian Nuclear Program-Larisa Alexandrovna

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US intelligence does not show Syrian nuclear weapons program, officials say Larisa Alexandrovna
Published: Thursday October 18, 2007


Cheney hand seen behind leaks of 'misleading' stories

Allegations that a Syrian envoy admitted during a United Nations meeting Oct. 17 that an Israeli air strike hit a nuclear facility in September are inaccurate and have raised the ire of some in the US intelligence community, who see the Vice President’s hand as allegedly being behind the disinformation.

A United Nations press release discussing the General Assembly’s Disarmament Committee meeting mistranslated comments ascribed to an unnamed Syrian diplomat as saying that Israel had on various occasions “taken action against nuclear facilities, including the 6 July attack in Syria.”

The UN has since gone through the tape recordings of the meeting and found that there was no mention of the word “nuclear” at all. According to the UN, the error was one of translation, involving several interpreters translating the same meeting.

Recent news articles, however, continue to make allegations and suggest that a nuclear weapons facility was hit -- something that the Syrian government has denied, the Israeli government has not officially confirmed and US intelligence does not show.

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/US_Intelligence_does_not_show_Syrian_1018.html

[midnight]

1. I wish I had a better understanding of why Dick would indicate

that syria had a nuclear facility hit? Is it not acceptable for Syria to have this technology or is it considered another step up to elevating war?