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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE5234N220090304
U.S.: Evidence Mounts of Syrian Nuclear Cover-up
[Reuters] Mark Heinrich - The U.S. said on Wednesday that UN inspectors had found growing evidence of covert nuclear activity in Syria, and European allies said a lack of Syrian transparency demanded utmost scrutiny. The UN 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. Gregory Schulte, U.S. ambassador to the IAEA, said it was essential that Syria allow inspectors to examine debris removed from the bombed facility as well as three other military sites which satellite pictures showed Syria "sanitized" - landscaping them and whisking away equipment - shortly after the IAEA asked to check them out.