U.N. atomic agency finds "a few tons" of nuclear material at secret Syrian site

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“Rafael Grossi, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said on Tuesday that ‘tons of nuclear materials that could be put to bad use’ had been found at the site, dating from the time of Syria’s authoritarian Assad government.

‘After your courageous decision to inform us that there was another place, another site where nuclear material had been stored, we were able to access this place’, Mr. Grossi said during a press conference with Asaad al-Shaibani, Syria’s foreign minister, in Damascus. ‘We are talking about a few tons of nuclear material that could be put to bad use’.

The IAEA had previously said it was preparing to remove the nuclear material, left over from the era of dictator Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown by a coalition of rebels in 2024. They now form the Syrian government.

However, Mr. Shaibani said the nuclear material was not dangerous and would remain in Syrian custody, subject to IAEA guarantees, adding that Syria had the right to use it for civil and ?peaceful purposes.”

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We should invade and take over syria. Totally worth losing our soilders over.

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We should invade and take over syria.
Totally worth losing our soilders over.

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... or is that the stuff Jug Ears gave them?

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AwakenedOutlaw??
@AwakenedOutlaw
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A few things could be in play here, including them being dumb enough to pull a stunt like this. But I doubt they want to risk Scott Bessent being sicced on them.

It's always the money.

And that's why my gut reaction tells me it's highly likely a ploy to get some $$$ out of the deal.

I say 'some' and not 'more' b/c I can't find anywhere that they were being compensated. It was (and remains) a diplomatic deal with the IAEA for an operation to secure a previously unknown location now known as "Site 99".

The operation to secure the material couldn't be more impt, and for obvious reasons.

Thinking about it, Syria pulling the plug at the last moment was their only leverage.

Time will tell, but this doesn't NOT make sense. I mean, it's the frigging Middle East. They almost certainly want a pot-o-gold for being so generous.

Reminder: It's always a complete pain in the arse dealing with many/most of the countries over there regardless

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