IAEA chief, Israel lock horns over Syria

AFP via Yahoo! News ^ | June 18, 2009 | Simon Morgan

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Israeli ambassador Israel Michaeli made his accusation to ElBaradei during a debate on Syria at a meeting of the IAEA's 35-member board.

Michaeli urged ElBaradei, an Egyptian, "to avoid political bias in dealing with Syria's nuclear file."

ElBaradei has frequently hit out at Israel for not informing the IAEA of its concerns about the suspect site in Syria before bombing it.

Traces of uranium were found at the site -- known alternatively as Dair Alzour or Al-Kibar -- which Damascus claims came from the Israeli bombs that razed the building.

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The IAF (Israel Air Force) should be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Twice in the last 30 years the IAF has prevented rogue nuke programs from reaching fruition. That is 200% the success rate of the IAEA. El Baradei received the prize for FAILING to prevent Pakistan, NK, Iran, Lybia, Iraq and Syria in the same period.

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"When Israel took it upon itself to destroy a facility, what was claimed to be a nuclear facility, without giving the agency the opportunity to verify that COVER IT UP [and ALLOW the Syrians to develop nukes as we are doing with Iran] ... this was not only making it almost impossible for us to establish [HIDE] the facts, but it was a clear violation [and effective enforcement] of international law," he said."

If el Baradei and the IAEA had any legitimacy they would be kissing Israel's rear and citing them for medals