DPRK Forum

Some more information is coming to light in this case, while North Korea an Syria deny the charges. Washington is not confirming or denying the source according to AFP. Whatever the source, the rumors and un-named sources are starting to emerge only to add to the fire. While I do believe there is something unsavory going on, unless there is a confirmation, there is really no way to know 100%. This can really muck things up for the talks, but I doubt this will change the summit. Also what bothers me (as said before) are the high level talks with Syria and Iran. What in the world are they planning or talking about?

Elite Israeli forces seized North Korean nuclear material during a raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israeli warplanes bombed it September 6, a newspaper reported Sunday.The Sunday Times quoted well-placed sources as saying the commandos seized the material from a compound near Dayr az-Zwar in northern Syria and that tests of it in Israel showed it was of North Korean origin.

Israel had been surveying the site for months, according to Washington and Israeli sources quoted by the newspaper which gave no date for the commando raid or details about the material seized.

An unidentified senior American source quoted by The Sunday Times added that the US government sought proof of nuclear-related activities before allowing the air strike by F-151 warplanes to go ahead.

The raid by the elite Sayeret Matkal was personally directed by Ehud Barak, Israel’s defence minister who once commanded the unit, the newspaper said.

It said he had been preoccupied with the site since assuming his post on June 18.

Seems credible enough, but again,

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino flatly refused to confirm or deny media reports that Israel struck a nuclear site but sharply rejected suggestions that the incident showed Washington had been naive about Pyongyang’s intentions.

Also, there is a bill underway to halt talking North Korea off the terror list. I say got for it.

Update: See Left Flank’s reaction. Also see One Free Korea.