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Last update - 16:03 03/06/2008 Syria says it wants nuclear energy under Arab umbrella By Reuters Tags: IAF, nuclear, Syria Syria is not seeking nuclear weapons, but wants to have access to atomic energy for peaceful purposes through a collective Arab project, President Bashar Assad said in remarks published on Tuesday. The Dubai-based Gulf News also quoted Assad as saying that the United States should have sought an investigation of a Syrian facility suspected of housing a secret nuclear plant before it was destroyed in an Israeli air raid last September. "Acquiring nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is an international trend that all countries are rightfully pursuing. In Syria, we want this to be done within an Arab context, which was discussed and agreed during the Arab Summit in Riyadh," he said during a visit to the United Arab Emirates. Advertisement Gulf Arabs have announced their own plans to develop nuclear energy for civilian purposes following a 2007 Arab summit that called on Arabs to develop atomic power. U.S. intelligence officials in April said they believed Syria had built the suspected reactor with the assistance of North Korea, which later also helped in cleaning up the site after the Israeli strike. "If anyone had a secret dossier on nuclear facilities in Syria with a Korean role, as they claim, then why did they wait for seven months before destroying a normal military facility by the Israeli raid? Why did they not resort to the UN nuclear energy organisation to carry out an inspection?" The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei said a team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency will visit Syria June 22-24 to pursue an investigation into the suspected reactor site. The United States urged Syria to cooperate with UN inspectors and to allow Syrian officials to be interviewed. ElBaradei did not say whether Syria, which had not responded for months to IAEA requests for access, would allow UN investigators to examine the al-Kibar site in the country's remote northeast desert. Related articles: Assad: Israel must cede Syrian land 'stretching to Tiberias' Syria allows IAEA to investigate reported secret nuclear site Bookmark to del.icio.us   Gin and Jews American rapper Snoop Dogg slated to perform in Ramat Gan. Late date Scientists revive 2,000-year-old date seed found at Masada.   1.   After Israel, everyone wants nukes - no IAEA either, just like Iz 15:11  |  POP 03/06/08   2.   See what happens once we let Iran get away with it? 17:07  |  Joey 03/06/08   3.   Assad, when can we take you seriously? 17:13  |  christoph 03/06/08   4.   Nuclear plants for Sale Just a Trend 17:20  |  Gil 03/06/08   5.   Nuclear plants for Sale Just a Trend 17:21  |  Gil 03/06/08   6.   The terrorist state of Syria 17:47  |  Jean Van Daem 03/06/08   7.   The genie was let out of the bottle with the Manhattan project. 18:03  |  lakshmi 03/06/08   8.   "Arab" umbrella means Arab-under-Iranian-dictates. 18:35  |  Fortuna Benmayor 03/06/08   9.   Reuters, the Photoshop geniuses? 19:31  |  Chris 03/06/08   10.   lakshmi 20:58  |  christoph 03/06/08   11.   How About This? 22:53  |  MIKE 03/06/08   12.   # 1 From the date of 9/11 only civilized states can have nukes... 23:27  |  misha 03/06/08   13.   no way. show them the fruit of that wish: raze iran. 00:17  |  frenz 04/06/08   14.   Nuke sellers 01:22  |  Jose Marcio 04/06/08   15.   Assad wants an arab bomb not arab civilian neuclear power 01:44  |  zionist forever 04/06/08   16.   TO JOEY AND FRENZ 15:31  |  Gabrielle 04/06/08   17.   at mike 07:55  |  rad 13/06/08

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