Syria's Attempt to Build a Nuclear Reactor

In September 2007, Israel launched a bombing attack that destroyed a Syrian group of buildings. News of the attack became public when North Korea vehemently condemned it. But, why would N. Korea be that interested in an attack against Syria unless N. Korean personnel were involved? Adding to the mystery was the fact that Syria failed to protest the attack or demand that Israel be condemned for its "aggression." Also, mysterious was the fact that neither Israel nor the United States had anything to say about the incident. On April 24, 2008, the Wall Street Journal published an article, " U.S. to Link North Korea to Syria" in which the motive for Israel's attack, long suspected, becomes clear." Syria was indeed building a nuclear reactor with North Korean assistance and Israel had destroyed it, as it had Iraq's Osirak reactor in the 1980s.