October 15, 2007
Every day we read about some new Israeli accusation directed at its enemies emanating from the Amen Corner: Iran has “weapons of mass destruction,” Syria is plotting (with North Korea, no less) to build nukes, and, the latest is that Iran is plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin on his visit to Tehran. None of this can be checked, of course: and that’s the way the Amen Corner likes it. Yet now we can verify Israel’s possession of WMD simply by utilizing the new and improved Google Maps feature of Google. Go here to take a good look at Israel’s nuclear weapons site at Dimona—the only verified “weapons of mass destruction” in the Middle East. Here’s a snapshot:
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