Thursday, March 3, 2011

Syria's Nuclear Program Under The Spotlight

Satellite image, released by the Institute for Science and International Security in Washington Feb 25, Shows suspected uranium Conversion plant in Syria. Ahram

Syria Suspected Of Nuclear Activity -- Washington Times

U.S., U.N. seek inspections at 3 sites for use of uranium.

The Obama administration and a U.N. watchdog agency want Syria to show inspectors a suspected uranium-conversion facility and two other nuclear sites possibly linked to the remnants of a covert arms program.

Since 2007, when Israel bombed the nuclear site at al Kibar, U.S. intelligence agencies feared the conversion plant near the town of Marj as-Sultan outside of Damascus was built to supply fuel to the bombed reactor, according to two former U.S. intelligence officers. Israeli jets destroyed the reactor site in September 2007, but not the suspected site at Marj as-Sultan.

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More News On Syria's Nuclear Program

Syria agrees to IAEA inspection of nuclear site -- AFP
UN nuclear inspectors to visit Syria plant soon -- Reuters
UN atom inspectors to visit Syria acid plant-source -- Reuters
Syria Approves Timing of U.N. Nuclear Site Audit -- Global Security Newswire
Syria OKs April 1 visit by UN nuclear agency -- AP
UN atom inspectors to visit Syria acid plant -- Ahram Online

My Comment: It is good that the IAEA is visiting this site, but what I would really like to know is why they are prohibited from visiting these other sites.

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