US Government allegations that North Korea helped Syria build a nuclear reactor have been greeted with scepticism because of their timing.
"Everything I'm hearing from my own sources in Washington is that what you have now is a kind of push back by Vice-President [Dick] Cheney and his office and other hardliners who are opposed to diplomatic dealings with North Korea," he said.



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