Photo: Suspected Syrian nuclear facility reportedly bombed by Israel in 2007. HaaretzU.S. Presses Nuclear Case Against Damascus -- Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The U.S. and its European allies, seeking to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end his violent crackdown on protesters, are lobbying the United Nations nuclear watchdog to formally accuse Damascus of covertly building a nuclear reactor.
Such a declaration by Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, could lead the U.N. Security Council to censure and perhaps penalize Syria in the coming months if it fails to provide information on its alleged nuclear activities, including at a suspected reactor site bombed by Israel in 2007, said U.S. and European officials.
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Update: U.S., EU prod nuclear agency over Syria -- UPI
My Comment: Syria's nuclear ambitions are not a secret, but with protests escalating in Syria .... I strongly suspect that the Syrian government has bigger priorities right now than listening to what the U.S. and Europe may think of its nuclear program.