Syria Admits Israel Hit Syrian Nuclear Facilities

Syria's ambassador to the United Nations confirmed on Tuesday that Israel's air strike on September 6 in northern Syria did indeed target a nuclear site, marking the first time the country has acknowledged its nuclear efforts.

"Israel was the fourth largest exporter of weapons of mass destruction and a violator of other nations' airspace, and it had taken action against nuclear facilities, including the 6 July attack in Syria," Haaretz quoted Syrian envoy Bashar al-Jaafari as saying, in an apparent error as to the date of the September 6 air strike.

Until Tuesday, Syria had insisted that the IAF targeted an agricultural research facility and missed its objective, going so far as to invite foreign journalists to the site to substantiate its claims. Syrian President Bashar Assad claimed in a BBC interview that the strike hit a building in an abandoned military base, according to the Jerusalem Post.

Of course the Syrian propaganda minister had to throw in that nonsense about Israel being an exporter of weapons of mass destruction, which is only true if you consider all the Palestinian suicide bombers who attempt to kill Israelis and anyone else in their path.

Syria can complain all it wants about the violation of airspace, which is rich given the way Syria has no problem invading and keeping Lebanese territory, and purposefully seeking to undermine the Lebanese government via its proxies.

UPDATE:
No sooner had this been posted, that Syria issues a denial that they admit that Israel hit their nuclear facilities (HT: Carl in Jerusalem).