IAEA to probe Syria atomic plant report
The International Atomic Energy Agency says it will fully investigate on what Washington says was a nuclear reactor being built secretly in Syria with help from North Korea.
The director general, Mohamed ElBaradei, criticized the United States for delaying the release of intelligence and Israel for bombing the alleged nuclear facility site seven months ago.
Analysts says the lack of a reprocessing plant needed to convert spent fuel from the plant into bomb-grade plutonium gives little credibility that the reactor was being used as a weapons facility.
Meanwhile, the United States said Friday it did not trust nuclear-armed North Korea.
"We are not yet to the trust part, we are still working on the verify part," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
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IAEA to probe Syria atomic plant report
US says it does not trust North Korea
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