DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The United Nation's chief atomic inspector says "man-made" traces of uranium have been found at a site in Syria bombed by Israeli aircraft.
Mohamed El Baradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency said he's not accusing Syria of building a reactor but wants Syrian officials to be more "transparent" with the agency, CNN reported Monday.
Syrian officials, in response, said any uranium found by IAEA inspectors at al-Kibar in eastern Syria must have been dropped by Israeli jets in the September 2007 unilateral bombing, CNN reported.
Baradei Monday confirmed the findings of the inspectors after U.N. sources leaked results of the soil samples taken last June from the bombed site, the U.S. news network reported.
In a briefing Monday at the U.S. State Department in Washington, spokesman Sean McCormack said the IAEA was conducting a thorough investigation.
"And, you know, we'll let them investigate it," McCormack said. "Quite clearly, this is a serious effort on their part, which we, as well as others, support."
