2007-09-06 - Suspected site of Israeli strike on Syrian nuke base

2007-09-06 - Suspected site of Israeli strike on Syrian nuke base (Google Maps)
2007-09-06 - Suspected site of Israeli strike on Syrian nuke base (Bing Maps)
New focus on Syria's nuclear ambitions highlighted earlier this week, when, following the unprecedented security clamp-down in Israel on the mystery-filled air strike over Northern Syria, American media, allegedly reporting on information leaked by unnamed official Washington sources, indicated, for the first time that Israel had "struck at a secret Syrian nuclear installation" and destroyed it.
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Parabellum picture
@ 2007-09-16 17:55:17
Alt spelling of town is Dayr Az Zawr.
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@ 2007-10-27 08:08:16
Update based on info from Digital Globe via The New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/world/middleeast/26syria.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/10/25/world/middleeast/20071026_WEAPONS_GRAPHIC.html

Best in GE, but hopefully we'll get high res photos from GM soon.
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@ 2007-11-22 19:30:43
Google Maps now in high res.

Aviation Week: U.S. Electronic Surveillance Monitored Israeli Attack On Syria: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/ISRA112107.xml&headline=U.S.%20Electronic%20Surveillance%20Monitored%20Israeli%20Attack%20On%20Syria&channel=defense

Haaretz: Inside Intel / Not a reactor - something far more vicious: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/926815.html
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@ 2013-07-16 22:36:53
There is now a large containment structure over this site.