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U.S., IAEA Chief Clash Over Nuclear Aid to Syria
[AP] George Jahn - Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief UN nuclear inspector, clashed with key Western nations Monday over whether Syria should be given potentially sensitive guidance in planning a power-producing atomic reactor at a time when it is being investigated. U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said it was "totally inappropriate, we believe, given the fact that Syria is under investigation by the IAEA for building a nuclear reactor outside the bounds of its international legal commitments....For the IAEA to be involved in providing technical information [to Syria] concerning nuclear activities would seem to be contradictory, if not ironic."