About that raid

The Sunday Times (London) reports that the Israeli Air Force destroyed a cache of nuclear material in its September 6 raid on Syria. The story combines unnamed “Israeli sources” with a statement by “an expert on the Middle East, who has spoken to Israeli participants in the raid,” quoted in yesterday’s Washington Post. It’s the most comprehensive report on the raid to date, but it’s still not clear what happened.
The Times report concludes suggestively:

Christopher Hill, the State Department official representing America in the talks, said on Friday he could not confirm

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