Syria Agrees to Nuclear Probe.

This is from CNN.
This could be embarassing for Israel and the US if it turns out that there is no evidence of any nuclear reactor being built. Of course the stories to explaint the lack of evidence are probably being drafted by "experts" even now.



Syria agrees to nuclear probe
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Syria agrees to allow nuclear inspectors into the country in June
IAEA staff will look at a site Israeli warplanes destroyed in last September
Syria has denied U.S. claims that it was building a secret nuclear reactor
(CNN) -- UN nuclear inspectors will visit Syria this month to investigate allegations that the country was building a nuclear reactor at a site attacked by Israel last September, officials said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency's fact-finding mission is expected to take place from June 22 to 24.
Information about the Israeli bombing of the site did not come to light until April when U.S. officials informed IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei that it believes the facility was a nuclear reactor.
At the time, ElBaradei said the IAEA will treat the information "with the seriousness it deserves and will investigate the veracity of the information."
"Syria has an obligation under its safeguards agreement with the IAEA to report the planning and construction of any nuclear facility to the agency," he said.
The White House said the covert nuclear reactor was hidden from view, would have been capable of producing plutonium and likely was "not intended for peaceful purposes."
The White House also said that it believes North Korea assisted Syria's nuclear activities.
Syria's ambassador to the United States criticized the Bush administration's claims, saying Syria never worked with North Korea on a nuclear program.
"I hope the truth will be revealed to everyone," Imad Moustapha told CNN at the time. "This will be a major embarrassment to the U.S. administration for the second time -- they lied about the Iraqi WMDs (weapons of mass destruction) and they are trying to do it again."
Israeli officials have not commented publicly on what the target of the strike was.



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Syria reacts to suggestions of nuclear co-operation with North Korea

Apparently the intelligence the US is losing is Israeli. Israel is not above manufacturing evidence for its own purposes. This is from AFP and http://www.spacewar.com/2006/070916084931.dkahzytd.html
Of course the article fails to mention that Israel already has nuclear facilities and weapons.

Syria warns of US 'lies' over Israel air violation

DAMASCUS, Sept 16 (AFP) Sep 16, 2007
An official Syrian daily warned on Sunday that US "lies" over nuclear cooperation with North Korea could serve as a pretext for an attack on Syria following an Israeli violation of its airspace.
"Members of the choir have started up a new song that is full of hostility, this time about Syrian-Korean nuclear cooperation," Ath-Thawra said. "This is a big lie... Syria is used to having to put up with such lies."

The Washington Post reported last Thursday that North Korea may be helping Syria build some kind of nuclear facility, citing unnamed intelligence sources.

Israel's secret service had relayed the information to the US government, which the Post described as "dramatic."

"This is nothing new, accusing Syria of things that it has nothing to do with... But what is new is the scope of the new lie and the way it is being peddled," said Ath-Thawra.

Syria has said its air defences fired on Israeli warplanes which dropped munitions deep inside its territory in the early hours of September 6, triggering intense media speculation about the action.

Israel has not confirmed the incident and kept up a policy of official silence, with the only details on the mysterious attack coming from foreign media reports citing anonymous officials.