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Jon Wolfsthal, a senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Thinks North Korea Aided Syria on Plutonium Program."
April 24, 2008

Author:

Arshad Mohammed

Associated Programs:

International Security Program

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International Security
Proliferation Prevention

Experts :

Jon Wolfsthal

Excerpt:

The Bush administration is expected to tell U.S. lawmakers on Thursday it believes North Korea was helping Syria build a nuclear reactor that could produce plutonium, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. [ . . .]

Jon Wolfsthal, a nonproliferation expert with the CSIS think tank in Washington, said that if the United States had strong evidence North Korea assisted Syria on nuclear development, that might allay congressional concerns.

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