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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Report: New Signs Of Activity At Syrian Chemical Weapons Sites
2012-12-03
[Ynet] Western intelligence officials say they are picking up new signs of activity at sites in Syria that are used to store chemical weapons, the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reports.

The officials are uncertain whether Syrian forces might be preparing to use the weapons in a last-ditch effort to save the government, or simply sending a warning to the West about the implications of providing more help to the Syrian rebels.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  What happens if you shoot down a short or intermediate range ballistic missile with a chemical warhead? You get the nasty stuff dispersed over a wide area?
Posted by: SteveS   2012-12-03 23:23  

#1  See also WAFF > TURKEY REQUESTED NATO MISSLE DEFENSE [Patriots] OVER SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS FEARS. TURKISH OFFCIALS SAY THEY HAVE EVIDENCE ASSAD REGIME COULD RESORT TO BALLISTIC MISSLES IFF AIR CAMPAIGN AGZ REBELS FAIL.

ARTIC = RUSSIA'S role to be decisive in bringing Syrian conflict = civil war to an end.

versus

* TOPIX > OBAMA WARNS ASSAD ON USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

* SAME > US MULLING MILITARY OPTIONS IFF SYRIA USES WMDS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-12-03 23:15  

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