do I really have to say it???
Posted on 11/10/2008 6:38:39 PM PST by Nachum
(IsraelNN.com) United Nations investigators have found traces of uranium contamination at the site of an Israeli air strike in Syria, diplomats told Reuters and German media sources on Monday. The report is the first sign of a “smoking gun” proving that Syria was in fact building a secret nuclear reactor on the site, as Israel and the United States have insisted.
The diplomats said the traces of uranium were first found in June. What has been found so far is not conclusive evidence of nuclear activity, but “raises questions,” they said.
Officials in the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) did not confirm or deny the report. In September, IAEA head Mohammed el-Baradei said the investigation conducted in June had revealed no sign of nuclear activity.
El-Baradei is currently preparing a report on Syria's nuclear activity — a step that some diplomats say indicates the IAEA has found enough evidence to lead investigators to suspect nuclear development. In addition, the UN is expected to discuss Syria's alleged nuclear activities later in the month.
Syria denies any involvement in nuclear activity, and Syrian officials say the site bombed by Israel in 2007 was an abandoned army base. U.S. Diplomats say Syria was in the final stages of building a reactor with help from North Korean scientists.
The IAEA first began examining the blast site in May of 2008, and IAEA officials have warned that the delay in investigating will make it difficult to determine whether or not the area was in fact the site of a reactor.
The world is in the hands of the IAEA - we’re all doomed....
A few less Mooselimbs and one less nuclear thug country. Good riddance. Nice job Israel.
Obama will soon dispatch Joseph Wilson to find nothing there.
Damned illegal radiation contamination - illegally crossing the border into Syria to embarrass the mini-dictator.
Shame, shame on you, illegal radiation materials. Go back where you came from.
Oh, you came from Syria?
Sorry!
Not to worry, Syrians.
El Baradei is a fellow muslim.
He'll simply blame the Israeli bombs for the uranium content.
Proof that the Joos nuked Syria. /UN Security Council Resolution
do I really have to say it???
What strange things are afoot at your convenience stores?
I heard the inside word is that the strike force was in fact US AIRCRAFT...
Now if they could just stumble on the bunkers where the Russian trucks carried off Saddam’s WMD materials immediately prior to the last batch of inspections and also just prior to the latest war...
Even better - to find traces of the chemical/bio weapons where the bunker USE to be...
Impossible. The whole world knows we only bomb civilians.
I wonder what kind of uranium - regular, depleted, enriched, weapons grade etc...
Story will be that Israel Apaches used 30mm DU rounds in the airstrike.
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