Larisa Alexandrovna: U.S., Israel Refuse To Cooperate With IAEA Inquest Into Syria Strike

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http://www.atlargely.com/2007/11/raw-story-us-is.html

Raw Story: US, Israel refuse to cooperate with inquest into Syria strike
UN nuclear watchdog has no evidence Syria had nuclear facility
by Larisa Alexandrovna

The International Atomic Energy Agency - the United Nations nuclear watchdog - has not been able to conduct an investigation into the events surrounding the Sept. 6 Israeli bombing of a Syrian military installation because neither the Bush administration nor Israel are cooperating.

A diplomatic source close to the Vienna based IAEA told Raw Story that both the United States and Israel have been approached by the organization requesting supporting evidence of a nuclear reactor which media sources have cited, based on anonymous sources in both governments, as the reason for the Israeli strike.

The source also explained that the satellite footage, which the IAEA obtained through commercial channels for lack of any “credible evidence,” does not show a nuclear reactor in the early construction phase.

Another source, close to the IAEA, who wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of the topic, told RAW STORY last week that based on satellite imagery, evidence that "it was nuclear related is shaky" and pointed out that even basic security for such a facility - such as "security fences" - is missing. Some IAEA experts have privately opined that the facility - located between the cities of Hama and Dayr az-Zawr in the Northeastern part of Syria - may have been "no more than a workshop for the pumice mining industry along the banks of the Euphrates."

Both individuals independently confirmed that the IAEA cannot conduct a formal investigation without the cooperation of either Israel or the United States, although both confirmed that the Syrian government is cooperating.

An IAEA spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Although the mystery surrounding exactly what Israel hit in Syria continues, US intelligence sources have told RAW STORY it was not a nuclear armaments site. In late September, Vincent Cannistraro - Director of Intelligence Programs for the National Security Council under President Ronald Reagan and Chief of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency's Counterterrorism Center under President George H. W. Bush - told Raw Story that what the Israelis hit was "absolutely not a nuclear weapons facility."

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[acmavm]

1. Why would anyone expect these two renegade governments

to cooperate over anything? That's the part I don't understand.

[magellan]

2. k&r

[lovuian]

3. both the United States and Israel the mystery continues

Thats the key point

IAEA told Raw Story that both the United States and Israel have been approached by the organization requesting supporting evidence of a nuclear reactor which media sources have cited, based on anonymous sources in both governments, as the reason for the Israeli strike.

Why is US so quiet and no comment when Israel has made statements and acknowledge the bombing?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=frg76RAPJ3A

US intelligence "found no radiation signatures after the bombing, so there was no uranium or plutonium present."

My question and I believe the reason the US is mums on this strike because they helped Israel bomb it with US bombers

but thats just the tinfoil hatter in me

[Tyler Durden]

4. THE US AND ISRAEL HAVE 48 TO COMPLY WITH THE IAEA...

OR THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE MOST EXTREME REACTION AND POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTION.....

Wait a minute.

OH YEAH, we only do that to OTHER, WEAKER NATIONS, PREFERABLY WITH OIL.

[bleever]

5. K&R for important reporting.

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