North Korea and Syria

North Korea--neither friend to the West, nor to its own people--is chummy with Syria:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/world/asia/22cnd-korea.html

The Countries' Officials Meet:

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/104274.html

Israeli Raid on Syria:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/world/middleeast/22weapons.html?ref=asia

Assasinations of Anti-Syrians in Lebanon:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gc0p9gSk9Zr3YMO7UV1iAb3675dQ

A year-old analysis worth revisiting--China is in the background:

http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/009113.php