Suspicion Surfaces on CIA’s “Foreign Partner”
The destruction of what was believed to be a Syrian nuclear reactor last year was a collaborative effort that incorporated a “foreign partner” who informed CIA intelligence of the sites inner workings and objective. However, the operation in Al-Kibar, a desert outpost, was executed by Israel by its own volition and directive. CIA Director General Michael Hayden told the World Affairs Council of Los Angeles, last Tuesday, “Our foreign partnerships … were critical to the final outcome.” Although the U.S. declined to expand on its “foreign partner,” much speculation has surfaced affirming Israel as the party in question. Though U.S officials have failed to acknowledge or affirm this suspicion, there have been rumblings of dismay out of Israel because of the U.S.’s failure to remain discrete.
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has naturally denied all allegations of a nuclear reactor while General Hayden refuted the claim, affirming that the United States’ foreign partner had confirmed the objective of the plant, which was alleged to have been aided by North Korea to produce and retain plutonium. The bottom line remains one of United States intervention, another in a long line of hegemonically influenced “preemptive strikes.” Most importantly the question of a nation’s right to sovereignty has many in the international community wondering where the boundaries are crossed between one nation’s self-preservation and another’s self-determination.
Samuel Anene
