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Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 25, 2011 New satellite images released by a US research institute show Syria "tried to become a nuclear power," a senior Israeli defence official said on Friday. Amos Gilad, director of political military affairs at the defence ministry, told army radio that the new images released by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) proved Syria was seeking nuclear weapons. The photos posted on the ISIS website on Thursday appear to show Syrian efforts to conceal a site allegedly linked to a facility which Israel bombed in 2007 and where UN inspectors have been investigating suspicions of nuclear work. The pictures show heightened activity and the pouring of a concrete foundation around the second site near Marj as-Sultan, outside Damascus, shortly after the May 2008 request for inspections by the UN watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Gilad said the new images show "Syria has not succeeded in relaunching its nuclear programme," but suggested they also showed new activity that could be an attempt to build new weapons development sites. Syria has denied that the site bombed by Israel in 2007 was a nuclear facility, and President Bashar al-Assad told the Wall Street Journal last month that his country had not pursued a nuclear programme.
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Photos point to second Syrian nuclear siteWashington (AFP) Feb 24, 2011 Satellite photos published by a Washington think tank on Wednesday appear to show Syrian efforts to conceal a second suspected nuclear site allegedly linked to a reactor bombed by Israel in 2007. The photos acquired by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) indicate Syria tried to cover up its nuclear activities after the air raid, and could lead the UN nuclear watchdog ... read more |
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