November 8, 2011
Media reports over the last couple weeks indicated that IAEA inspectors had raised some concerns about satellite images of a complex in northwest Syria that was possibly related to the country’s suspected nuclear program and might have links to the AQ Khan network and to Libya’s defunct nuclear weapons program. These allegation and the images they were based on were analyzed at length by numerous experts, including Dr. Jeffrey Lewis who wrote extensively on the issue for Arms Control Wonk (see links below). Additionally, CNS research assistant Tamara Patton created a 3D model of the site.
For full details of the debate regarding the Hasaka facility see listed posts by Dr. Lewis:
- Hasaka Spinning Factory (October 24, 2011)
- Hasaka Spinning Factory Revisited (October 27, 2011)
- AP On Hasaka (November 1, 2011)
- Closing The File On Hasaka (November 4, 2011)
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