Tuesday, May 24, 2011

IAEA - 'Syrian Site Bombed by Israel in 2007 Was Likely Nuclear'

Looks like we may have Israel to thank for a non-nuclear Syria.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13530945

"The International Atomic Energy Agency has been investigating US claims that Syria was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korean help.

The strongest IAEA report yet on Syria came after several years of blocked investigations, and is likely to increase the pressure on Damascus.

Israel bombed the remote desert site of the alleged reactor in September 2007.

Syria says the site - near Deir Alzour in the country's remote north-east - was an unused military facility under construction. It also denied having any nuclear links to North Korea, which has itself denied transferring nuclear technology to Syria.

But the confidential IAEA report, obtained by the BBC, says the bombed building was similar in type and size to a reactor and that samples taken from the site indicated a connection with nuclear activities.
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