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Last update - 02:25 29/04/2008 CIA Chief: Syrian reactor had capacity to make 2 weapons a year By The Associated Press Tags: Iran, Michael Hayden, CIA CIA Director Michael Hayden said Monday the alleged Syrian nuclear reactor destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in September would have produced enough plutonium for one or two bombs within a year of becoming operational. U.S. intelligence and administration officials publicly disclosed last week their assessment that Syria was building a covert nuclear reactor with North Korean assistance. They said it was modeled on the shuttered North Korean reactor at Yongbyon, which produced a small amount of plutonium, and was within weeks or months of being operational. "In the course of a year after they got full up they would have produced enough plutonium for one or two weapons," Hayden told reporters after a speech at Georgetown University. Advertisement Neither the United States nor Israel told the International Atomic Energy Agency about the Syrian site until last week, about a year after they obtained what they considered to be decisive intelligence: dozens of photographs from a handheld camera that showed both the interior and exterior of the mysterious compound in Syria's eastern desert. From the CIA's perspective, that intelligence was not the United States' to share with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Hayden said. We've made it clear we did not have complete control over the totality of the information because obviously it was the result of a team effort, he said. One has to respect the origin of the information in terms of how it is used. The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency chastised the United States on Friday for withholding information on the alleged Syrian reactor. One of the IAEA's missions is to try to prevent nuclear proliferation, and it depends on member states for information to carry out that task. A senior administration official told reporters last week that the United States kept the information secret after the Israeli strike because it feared revealing it might provoke Syria to strike back at Israel Bookmark to del.icio.us   Obscene gestures Alleged 'Heil Hitler' comment lands German lawyer Horst Mahler in court AMOS-3 video Israel's sophisticated new communications satellite launched into orbit.   1.   The difference in two CIA provided photos 03:13  |  Mark Lincoln 29/04/08   2.   Two more points about the CIA`s photos 03:20  |  Mark Lincoln 29/04/08   3.   Another dishonest headline 04:32  |  Rowan 29/04/08   4.   Correction 04:36  |  Mark Lincoln 29/04/08   5.   it`s all propaganda 05:03  |  John 29/04/08   6.   #1. and 2. Mark Lincoln. Impressive.. 05:15  |  Stephen. 29/04/08   7.   Of course it wasn`t a nuclear weapons factory... 05:47  |  R 29/04/08   8.   Impossible. The place had reactors just for Shawarma. 06:45  |  Fortuna Benmayor 29/04/08   9.   Get the IAEA into Israel first 08:14  |  betz55 29/04/08   10.   RE; Mark Lincoln 08:47  |  Bartley Kulp 29/04/08   11.   Chill out Rowan, genocidal intent my lord!!! 08:58  |  Bartley Kulp 29/04/08   12.   The Element of Israeli Suprise Again (Iraq) and Again (Syria) and 09:56  |  Lavi 29/04/08   13.   What would the UN have done? 09:58  |  Motic 29/04/08   14.   So how many nuclear warheads does Iran now possess? 10:07  |  Clickfool 29/04/08   15.   RE; #9 - Israel refuses the IAEA. Thank G-d for that!!!! 10:10  |  Bartley Kulp 29/04/08   16.   What is Mark Lincoln doing in Haaretz instead of in his own USA?? 10:33  |  S 29/04/08   17.   9 betz55,bravo,was reading a couple of the zionists` posts and 11:17  |  lakshmi 29/04/08   18.   #14 boris the clucking fool and an inability to absorb 11:54  |  v hardman 29/04/08   19.   Syria Makes It, Israel Breaks it! 11:56  |  Baruch Gold 29/04/08   20.   What is the capacity of Israel`s nuclear reactor at Dimona 12:13  |  What`s in a name 29/04/08   21.   YEAH RIGHT.... JUST LIKE THE BUNCH OF LIES ABOUT IRAQ !! 12:31  |  TripleJump 29/04/08   22.   #9 - betz 13:11  |  michael 29/04/08   23.   RE; 17 - Hey lakshmi or whatever your name is. 13:41  |  Bartley Kulp 29/04/08   24.   betz 55 Israel has NOT signed the NPTyour friends have 14:16  |  PETER SM 29/04/08   25.   I believe my cat before any CIA-chief 14:19  |  Mark B. 29/04/08   26.   Stephen - paying attention 14:34  |  Mark Lincoln 29/04/08   27.   Mark B - CIA Chief 14:36  |  Mark Lincoln 29/04/08   28.   Clickfool Iranian reactors 14:43  |  Mark Lincoln 29/04/08   29.   Mark lincoln 14:44  |  george 29/04/08   30.   It was a Nuke Reactor despite the naysayers 14:52  |  Doc Holliday 29/04/08

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