Indeed, the main target of the IAEA's investigations of the al-Kibar facility has been Israel.

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Damascus has allowed IAEA inspectors to visit the suspect site at al-Kibar in June but has refused any follow-up trips.

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Olmert implied, but did not state overtly, that he ordered the Israeli military to destroy Syria's al-Kibar nuclear facility in 2007.

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However, a senior diplomat said Suleiman had escorted UN inspectors on their only investigative visit to the al-Kibar site in northern Syria in June.

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The IAEA is furious that it was not alerted by Israel or the United States about evidence concerning the al-Kibar site before it was bombed.

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The al-Kibar installation was bombed by Israeli jets in September 2007.

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Last year, the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) found particles of man-made uranium at the al-Kibar site in Syria, which was destroyed by Israeli missiles in September 2007.

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