IAEA inspectors head to Syria

Source: CCTV.com | 06-23-2008 09:51

United Nations inspectors are heading to Syria to investigate U.S. allegations that Damascus was building a nuclear reactor. Washington alleged that the reactor was built for nuclear weapons purposes, before it was destroyed in an Israeli air strike.

The three-man team from the IAEA includes two nuclear technology experts familiar with Syria. Syria denies the accusations, saying the remote desert target was an ordinary military building under construction. Unveiling the truth is likely to be difficult nine months after the Israeli attack.

The inspectors say they will start looking for facts on Sunday and will return to Vienna on Wednesday. The U.N. nuclear watchdog added Syria to its proliferation watch list in April, after receiving intelligence photographs and a video from the United States.

Editor:Zhang Ning