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POPSNew Suspected Nuclear Complex Exposed in Syria
... with knowledge of IAEA investigations and a former UN investigator. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. But given that Israeli warplanes destroyed a suspected plutonium production reactor in Syria in 2007, the unlikely coincidence in design suggests that Syria may have been pursuing two routes to an atomic bomb: uranium as well as plutonium. UN investigators identify previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions Syrian gov't worked with A.Q. father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, to acquire technology that could be used to make nuclear arms. For years, there has been speculation about ties between the Syrian government and Khan. In 2004, Khan confessed on TV to selling nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, but he has never spoken of Syria. Khan later said Pakistani authorities forced him to make the confession. The former investigator says Syria acknowledged to the IAEA that Khan made at least ...
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