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Damascus authorizes military control of pharmaceutical plants
From Geostrategy-Direct, subscription req'd...Syria's military has been granted control of the state-owned pharmaceutical industry in what could signal a new step in the nation's chemical and biological weapons program. Syria is begging for a wack. Western diplomatic sources said Syria's military has been authorized to supervise activities in state-owned pharmaceutical plants. They said these plants were conducting research in a range of areas with applications for weapons of mass destruction. No other reason for the military to take over pharmaceutical plants except for CW or WMD. The U.S. intelligence community has determined that Syria has the largest CW program in the Middle East. Syria has also been operating a BW research program. We lost momentum on Syria after defeating Saddam this year. Powell did the good cop thing. That did not work. Sooooo, checking the playbook .............. here........means that we really only have the bad cop play left. On Aug. 21, Syrian Defense Minister Hassan Turkmani presided over a ceremony to open a new line of serums in the Dimas Pharmaceutical Plant. Deputy Defense Minister Ahmed Abdel Ghani and senior generals accompanied Turkmani, who is deputy commander of the army and armed forces. The Syrian news agency, Sana, reported that Turkmani and his delegation toured the plant and were briefed on the new line of serums. The agency did not provide details of the serums but said they would be procured by the military. "Turkmani was also briefed in detail on the services which the serums line will offer to the armed forces and to the citizens," Sana said. Antidotes for nasty things they make? "Turkmani asserted the necessity of doubling and promoting action to make use of this new scientific achievement which has been realized in the framework of the modernization and development process led by President Bashar Assad." The move to increase the military's control over the pharmaceutical industry comes as Syria has come under international pressure to dismantle its WMD program. The European Union has refused to ratify a trade agreement with Damascus until it issues such a pledge. Looks like Syria needs to make a pledge to pacify the EUniks. If the EUniks do not have on-site inspection clauses in their agreement, the Syrians are home free. Lying to infidels is no big deal. Syria is becoming the hornets nest for baddies, due to their cozy relationship with the Mad Mullahs of Iran. Maybe Syria needs to be dealt with first to further isolate Iran. Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-09 |
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