Curiouser and curiouser . . . Syria's 'Smoking Gun'

Published: September 24, 2007, 11:39 pm

Curiouser and curiouser...Syria's 'Smoking Gun' "The nuclear claims against Syria are pure bullsh*t."By Trish SchuhWritten for 'Syria Comment'9-20-7DEIR EZ ZOR, Syria -- On a bridge over the Euphrates River atsundown, neighboring mosques weave a chorus calling Muslims to prayer. This destitute, ramshackle oil town on Iraq's desert frontier seems calm, despite Israel's recent raid on a military base outside the city to destroy "Syria's nuclear program.The Qamishli-Deir Ez Zor highway, alleged by Israel to be a weapons route for Iraqi insurgents, was also quiet, and there were no heavy construction machinery or building cranes visible in the opposite direction on the road from Deir Ez Zor to Iraq.At the Syria-Qusayba checkpoint near the Iraq border, I was stopped by the Syrian military. Across the road on the Iraqi side, sounds of American military operations puttered as blackhawk helicopters flew overhead. "No photos," said the Syrian military captain. Cameras could draw US sniper

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