US urges Syria to cooperate with IAEA

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States Monday urged Syria "to cooperate fully" with UN nuclear inspectors when they visit Damascus to probe allegations that it was secretly building a military nuclear reactor.

"As a member of the IAEA Board of Governors, we would of course encourage them not only to let the inspectors in but to cooperate fully with the inspectors," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.

The alleged nuclear site was bombed and destroyed in an Israeli air strike in September last year. Earlier this year US intelligence unveiled photographs taken inside the reactor said to show construction of the shield for the reactor core, and control rods and refueling ports.

The head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed...