IAEA finds man-made uranium traces at Syrian site bombed by Israel
Special Report
November 10, 2008, 11:45 PM
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Syrian reactor
A senior Vienna-based diplomat reported Monday, Nov. 10, that the latest findings are significant enough for the nuclear watchdog to place Syria right after North Korea and Iran on its agenda for further investigation. Last June, UN inspectors collected the soil samples which yielded the uranium traces from al Kibar in northern Syria, where a nuclear reactor under construction was razed by Israel in Sept. 2007.
Sources report that even if the uranium traces found at bombed site were slight, they are damning because they were clearly man-made – not natural ore - and must have been brought in by an outside source, possibly North Korean visitors. These outsiders would have had only one reason to be there: to assist in the construction of a nuclear facility for Syria and inspect the work in progress.
The IAEA’s conclusion refutes claims by Damascus, including president Bashar Assad, that the installation at Al Kibar was an agricultural research station. Syria has denied allegations that it was building a reactor with North Korean expertise to produce plutonium for an atom bomb.
Soon after the Israeli bombing, our sources disclosed that the reactor was destined to manufacture nuclear fuel to help Iran accelerate its enrichment program and plutonium for radioactive bombs.
On Oct. 4, we revealed that, a year after the Syrian reactor was destroyed, Syria had gone back to its military nuclear projects in conjunction with North Korea and Iran. This time they were scattered across the country at three or four sites.
Syria has ignored recent requests from the IAEA to inspect three military sites suspected of housing nuclear facilities. Although Damascus is alleged to be manufacturing weapons of mass destruction for use against Israel, transitional prime minister Ehud Olmert persists in pushing for peace talks with the Syrian regime and far-reaching territorial concessions by Israel.
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Israel said to be set to attack Iran
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:00:20 GMT
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An Israeli academic says the time before new US President Barack Obama is sworn in is an “attractive date” for Israel to attack Iran.
Historian Benny Morris had earlier declared in an op-ed article for The New York Times that Israel would likely to strike Iran between Nov. 5 and Jan. 19, the day before Obama is sworn in.
Speaking to The Jerusalem Post this week he said that he continues to believe that Israel will attack Iran during the same period.
“There is certainly a friendly president in the White House until January 20. There is no certainty over what will happen after that, in which direction the wind will blow,” he added.
“So long as Iran makes [nuclear] progress, we are under pressure, if we plan on doing something. Iran is supposed to purchase advanced anti-aircraft guns from Russia at the start of 2009. All of these point to the fact that if the US provides support, an Israeli strike is reasonable,” Morris stated.
He even believes that Israel could have already set a date for Iran war.