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Evidence mounts of Syrian nuclear cover-up: U.S. | Reuters

Evidence mounts of Syrian nuclear cover-up: U.S.

By Mark Heinrich

VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States said on Wednesday that U.N. inspectors had found growing evidence of covert nuclear activity in Syria, and European allies said a lack of Syrian transparency demanded utmost scrutiny.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, is looking into U.S. intelligence reports that Syria had almost built a North Korean-designed, nuclear reactor meant to yield bomb-grade plutonium before Israel bombed it in 2007.

Evidence mounts of Syrian nuclear cover-up: U.S. | Reuters

March 6, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Syria, weapons and war