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| US Intel has evidence Syria was tied to Khan nuke network |
| 2004-07-01 |
| From Geostrategy-Direct, subscription req’d... The United States has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate whether Syria was a client of the secret Pakistani nuclear weapons network. The most alarming evidence of Syrian involvement with Khan occurred in early 2004, sources said. They said the National Security Agency obtained signals that suggested that Damascus was operating gas centrifuges. Khan was marketing the P-1 and P-2 centrifuges to Iran, Libya and North Korea. Western diplomatic sources said the United States has asked the IAEA to determine whether Syria acquired or ordered nuclear weapons technology and equipment from the network of Abdul Qadeer Khan. The IAEA has obtained information that Syria could have issued orders from Khan during his visit to Syria in 1999. So far, the IAEA has met with the Syrian representative to the Vienna-based United Nations agency. But sources said the Syrian delegate merely dismissed the questions and assured agency officials that Damascus was not involved in any nuclear weapons program. "We know noting, we are not involved, it is all a lie!" For his part, IAEA Director-general Mohammed El Baradei said he has received full cooperation from Syria. He said the regime of President Bashar Assad has agreed to allow inspectors to tour suspected nuclear facilities. Let the circus begin....*sigh* "The Syrians told me they would be happy if we go and verify whatever we need to verify," El Baradei said. "But we haven’t gotten any piece of information on why we should be concerned about Syria." Pretty dark in this sand hole. The State Department has refused to confirm or deny that the United States picked up signals about centrifuges in Syria. The IAEA has also refused to discuss the issue. "All of us can say nothing!" At a congressional hearing last week, a former UN weapons inspector said Saudi Arabia and Syria were suspected of being clients of Khan. David Albright, a former UN weapons inspector chief, told a Senate Government Affairs subcommittee that the issue must be investigated. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #2 El Baradei is too busy with Israeli WMD to focus on the villians. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-07-01 5:20:19 PM |
| #1 For the IAF, a lot shorter flight to Syria than Iran....hmmmmm, maybe they could take these out on the return flight |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-01 10:28:09 AM |