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WASHINGTON- US officials said that Syria has started to move part of its chemical weapons arsenal out of storage facilities, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The country's undeclared stockpiles of sarin nerve agent, mustard gas and cyanide have long worried US officials and their allies in the region, the report said.
Western nations have looked for signs amid the rebellion against President Bashar Assad's government of any change in the location of those weapons, believed to be the world's largest stockpile.
American officials are divided on the meaning of the moves of the arsenal. Some fear Assad may want to use the weapons against rebels or civilians, while others said perhaps he is trying to safeguard them from his opponents, the Journal reported.
Originally posted by SUICIDEHK45
This is not good "news". Whether it is true or not, the U.S. will surely use this as just one more reason why their "NEEDS" to be Western intervention in Syria.
All it will take is one small chemical attack, by Syria's military, the rebels, or the CIA to spark off a widespread intervention and ground invasion/occupation.edit on 7/13/2012 by SUICIDEHK45 because: error
Originally posted by Pirateofpsychonautics
Fear that chemical weapons are about to become the new 'terrorists' and or WMD's....edit on 13/7/12 by Pirateofpsychonautics because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by SUICIDEHK45
reply to post by Ranong
you are absolutely correct! It is escalating very quickly. I would think that based on the timeframe of previous invasions, this should be happening within the next couple of months.
"This is absolutely ridiculous and untrue," said Syria's foreign ministry spokesman, Jihad Makdissi.