Syria Helped Iran Develop Weapons-Grade Plutonium

Last September, Israeli F-15I jets destroyed a top-secret nuclear reactor in Syria that was capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium. Up until now, it has been widely thought that the North Koreans were helping the Syrians develop a nuclear weapons program. Recent intelligence reports, however, reveal that both the North Koreans and the Syrians were actually helping Iran develop a nuclear weapons program on Syrian soil.

An article posted by Germany’s Spiegel Online on June 23 stated (emphasis ours throughout):

According to intelligence reports seen by Spiegel, the Syrian facility at Al Kibar that Israeli jets bombed last September was the site of a secret military project. The report states that North Korean, Syrian and Iranian scientists were working side by side to build a reactor to produce weapons-grade plutonium. Sources say that the Iranians were using the facility as a “reserve site” and had intended sending the material back to Tehran. While the Iranians had made great progress in the development of uranium, it is alleged that they required the help of the North Korean experts when it came to plutonium technology.

December’s U.S. National Intelligence Estimate claimed that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program five years ago and is now only enriching uranium for the purpose of producing electricity. These intelligence documents seen by Spiegel affirm that Iran was actively working toward the production of weapons-grade plutonium in Syria just nine months ago. While Israel’s bold surgical strike against this facility has delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions, you can be sure those ambitions still exist.

The Telegraph’s Con Coughlin had this to say about Iran’s involvement in Syria’s plutonium enrichment efforts:

[S]yria’s experimentation with nuclear proliferation has more to do with its strategic alliance with Tehran than any pretensions the Assad regime might entertain about becoming a nuclear superpower. In response to the West’s increasing pressure on Iran over its uranium enrichment program, Tehran has stepped up its military cooperation with Damascus, and has signed a mutual defense pact. That has resulted in the Iranians promising to provide the Syrians with their Shahab-3 ballistic missile system.

Iran is the king of the Middle East and is committed to the destruction of Israel and the Western world. Nations like Syria are serving as surrogates of Iran—assets the Iranian regime can use to protect its nuclear weapons program and threaten non-Islamic nations.

Charles Krauthammer wrote this in his Sept. 21, 2007, Washington Post column:

Iran’s assets in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq are poised and ready. Ahmadinejad’s message is this: If anyone dares attack our nuclear facilities, we will fully activate our proxies, unleashing unrestrained destruction on Israel, moderate Arabs, Iraq and U.S. interests—in addition to the usual, such as mining the Strait of Hormuz and causing an acute oil crisis and worldwide recession.This is an extremely high-stakes game. The time window is narrow. In probably less than two years, Ahmadinejad will have the bomb.

If the United States continues to refuse to face reality, it is going to be left to a German-led European Union to deal with the Iranian threat. By the time Europe gets around to this task, however, it will already be too late to prevent World War iii. For proof of this, read “Close to Armageddon” by Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry.