Syria refutes UN nuclear chief's reactor claim

Syria's United Nations ambassador on Wednesday refuted a claim by the head of the UN nuclear agency that a building destroyed by IAF warplanes in the Syrian desert in 2007 was very likely the covert site of a nuclear reactor.

Bashar Ja'afari told the UN General Assembly that most findings of the International Atomic Energy Agency under the current director-general, Yukiya Amano, relied on imagery and analysis presented by the US Central Intelligence Agency. He said this made Syria question the credibility of the information and corroborating documents since the United States "pursues a political agenda inimical to the interests of my country." (AP)