Equally less surprising would be if Assad delivered his chemical weapons to an outside terrorist organization, especially given recent reports from Western intelligence indicating that long-range surface-to-air missile systems and long-range missiles have been moved out of Syria by the Islamist terror group Hezbollah. The missiles include dozens of Syrian-manufactured M600s, which have a range of approximately 300 miles and can carry a half-ton warhead.
The unsettling prospect of facing Hezbollah’s 42,000 missiles and rockets, now potentially loaded with chemical weapons, comes as Israel’s Home Front Command announced only days ago that it will run out of gas masks within months, leaving 4 million Israelis (nearly 45 percent of Israel’s population) without protective kits.
It should be noted that Israel’s concerns over the fate of Syria’s chemical weapons have been long-standing, fears that prompted the creation of a joint US-Israeli surveillance operation in the summer of 2011 to monitor Syria’s chemical weapon stockpiles.
That partnership reportedly led the United States to develop undisclosed contingency plans in case the Syrian regime was seen preparing to use chemical weapons or pass them on to terrorist organizations.
Of course, Assad may not be the one to determine how his chemical weapons are ultimately used if Syria’s chemical weapon armories — many located near current or recent sites of unrest — are seized by Syrian rebels and militant Islamist groups.
That scenario comes ever more apparent as intensive fighting between the Free Syrian Army (FSA) — an estimated force of 15,000 military defectors — and the regular Syrian army has now reached the outskirts of Damascus.
The possibility of the Syrian government losing control of its chemical weapon arsenals, however, doesn’t appear imminent according to US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland who has said the United States “believes that Syria’s chemical stockpile remains under government control and that there is no change in the lockdown status of those weapons.”
That assessment, however, may soon change as the Israeli Defense Force recently announced that it was making preparations for the imminent fall of Assad. According to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Assad “won’t see the end of the year. I don’t think he will even see the middle of this year.” Then, according to the head of Israel’s military planning division, Major-General Amir Eshel, “The big question is what’s going to come the day after.”
Until then, while it remains to be seen if the Syrian regime is prepared to use its chemical weapons, an indication of its intentions may be found in a report that Russia recently sent 3 million gas masks to Syria, masks which have already been distributed to the regime’s remaining loyalists.
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Is this a joke? Do you want people to believe that sodium sulfate is a chemical weapon?
No, just really good research. Combined apparently with not so good reading skills; he didn't say Na2SO4 is a weapon, but rather an ingredient. For which, we go to Google, and find this…
http://books.google.com/books?id=-0YqwvlxtOYC&…
Blister agent, tear gas, and explosive; one-stop shopping it seems.
With the U.S. abdicating its responsibility and leaving Israel mostly on its own the danger continues to escalate. The option for Israel to defend itself with conventional weapons is getting less and less. This could force Israel to consider nuclear weapons. America already used them in WWII and Russia announced that they might use them pre-emptively if they perceived a threat – even if not existential. Israel should cite the treachery of the nations in announcing that they will not be intimidated or deterred from using any means to protect their people. And NO country in the world has the moral right to dictate how Israel can defend itself.
You say rightly Bert and Israel is being maligned by the UN and the Obama
administration and almost every where one looks. However most all here
that follow Frontpagemagazine.com and David Horowitz seem to have a
clear understanding of the unique and right standing Israel has and the
unique and absolute right Israel has to Jerusalem for the Jew and Christian
alike. Islam and Leftists have no standing in the future of Israel and wish only
harm to that which is established by the Everlasting power of the Almighty
to the heirs of Abraham…………………………………………William
I do remember those pictures of trucks hauling……..into Syria after the attack on Sadam.
Syria should be loaded to the hilt by now.
Oh, no need to worry. We have such a fine protector of free world in the WH.
It's one of those "Miss Me Now" former Kodak moments.
come on, tis a known fact that the iranian terrorist regime is going nuclear with the intention of attacking israel and the West. they have said so repeatedly. they have refused our every act of kidnness and stuipd "dialogue." they are utterly usless.
Should the people of Europe and America along with Israel be releived that
after the fall of Sadam, Mohamar and Assad all of the purloined weapons of
mass destruction ultimately wind up in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood?
Oh happy Day, is this out new song, I kind of doubt it, not to be a pessimist
but really, what a mess and how do we unscramble the egg, for life to
survive Islam just how much damage must be done and what agency will
the forces of Good be protected and promoted in. Good and Evil are dividing
mankind and everyone must choose, I and my house have, as Joshua stated
"as for me and my house we will serve the Lord", seems reasonable and the
safest bet on the upcoming……………………………………William
This is crap, according to Google you can there are more than 150,000 places you can buy sodium sulfate online: http://www.google.com/search?q=sodium+sulfate&hl=en&tbm=shop
Good Research my ***