Israel Puts Out Another Fire By Lance Thompson

On 7 June 1981, eight Israeli F-16s bombed Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor with a daring, long-distance raid that crippled Saddam Hussein’s nuclear weapons program. There were loud protests throughout the "world community" about this violent penetration of Iraqi territory. But secretly, the world breathed a sigh of relief–a dictator’s access to nuclear weapons was pushed into the hazy future, and the Middle East conflict was spared the introduction of doomsday firepower.

Now we learn from the London Sunday Times that the Israelis have done it again. On the night of 6 September 2007, Syrian air defenses suddenly went dark. Israeli F-15s of the 69^th Fighter Squadron approaching from the Mediterranean crossed the Syrian coast and streaked to an industrial complex that Syria says is engaged in agricultural research, but Israel believes is used to extract uranium from phosphates.

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