{"id":78374,"date":"2018-03-21T09:08:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T13:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78374"},"modified":"2018-03-21T09:09:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T13:09:34","slug":"israel-admits-to-2007-operation-orchard-airstrike-on-syrian-nuclear-reactor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78374","title":{"rendered":"Israel admits to 2007 Operation Orchard airstrike on Syrian nuclear reactor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fox News<\/a> reports that Israel has finally admitted to that which the world already suspected – that they were the folks who took out the Syrian nuclear reactor in the Deir el-Zour region in the mission entitled Operation Orchard – also known as Operation Outside the Box. It was conducted by F-15s and F-16s of the 69 Squadron as well as support aircraft – as many as eight aircraft, four of which crossed the Syrian frontier.<\/p>\n

Israel’s involvement has been one of its most closely held secrets, and it was not immediately clear why Israel decided to go public now. The military would not comment on its reasoning, but the move could be related to the upcoming memoir of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who ordered the strike and has hinted about it for years, or it could be meant as a warning to archenemy Iran, which is active in Syria.<\/p>\n

Israel and Syria have always been bitter enemies. Throughout Syria’s seven-year civil war, Israel has carried out well over 100 airstrikes, most believed to have been aimed at suspected weapons shipments destined for the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group. Both Iran and Hezbollah are allied with Syrian President Bashar Assad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, Israel initially asked the US to bomb the North Korean-inspired reactor and when the Bush Administration refused, Israel took it upon themselves to destroy the facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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