20.03.2009, 18:19
Zitat: 'How IDF troops 'infiltrated alleged Syria nuke site'<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072478.html">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072478.html</a><!-- m -->
An Israeli commando unit carried out a reconnaissance mission at an alleged Syrian nuclear reactor that was later destroyed by the Israel Air Force, the Swiss daily Neue Zuercher Zeitung reported Thursday.
The 12-man unit was dropped by two helicopters onto the site, according to the report, where they proceeded to take soil samples and photographs.
The clandestine operation reportedly took place in August 2007, about a month before the IAF strike on the al-Kabir reactor in the country's eastern desert, said the article. The piece was written by Hans Ruehle, former chief of the planning staff of the German Defense Ministry.
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hock: Was für ein Husarenstück.