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IAEA Will Likely Refer Syria to UNSC

IN THIS ISSUE: IAEA likely to refer Syria to UNSC, US, Romania announce plan for missile defense site, Japan reactor flooding plan assessed, nuclear fuel for Tehran reactor ready by March 2012, can plan B work?, 10 nations urge new push for non-proliferation.

Published on May 3, 2011
 

Syria's Referral to UNSC Likely

George Jahn | Associated Press

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The International Atomic Energy Agency is setting the stage for potential U.N. Security Council action against Syria as the organization prepares a report assessing that a Syrian target bombed by Israeli warplanes was likely a secretly built nuclear reactor meant to produce plutonium, diplomats say.

Such a conclusion would back intelligence produced by Israel and the United States. Syria says the nearly finished building had no nuclear uses. It has repeatedly turned down IAEA requests to revisit the site after allowing an initial 2008 inspection that found evidence of possible nuclear activities.
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