US summons Syrian ambassador over nuclear issue

[bananas]

I'm glad Obama is taking the issue of nuclear proliferation seriously.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5glEJPSwmKqUCSehKzEFuzwmUImHA

US summons Syrian ambassador over nuclear issue

20 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US officials have summoned Damascus' ambassador in Washington after the UN nuclear watchdog found unexplained uranium particles at a desert site in Syria, a State Department spokesman said Friday.

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On Thursday, Washington urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to discuss what it said was mounting evidence of a clandestine nuclear program in Syria at a meeting next month in Vienna.

In a report obtained by AFP, the IAEA rejected assertions by Damascus that particles of uranium found at the remote desert Al-Kibar site came from Israeli missiles used to bomb it in September 2007.

"It's nuclear material that hasn't been declared and Syria has to explain" how it got there, said a senior IAEA official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

This is posted to the Environment/Energy forum because nuclear proliferation is an environmental issue.
Of course, nuclear proliferation is also a major problem with nuclear energy.

[grannie4peace]

1. that sounds so offical! :)