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US ‘huddling’ with Israel, other allies as Assad’s forces ‘load chemical weapons into bombs

’Syrian troops reportedly began mixing components over the weekend; ‘remote’ danger of chemical weapons being fired into Israel, CNN contributor notes

Syria’s military is ready to use chemical weapons against its own people and has prepared the necessary components, US TV stations reported on Wednesday evening, citing US officials and intelligence sources.

Regime forces are now awaiting orders from President Bashar Assad to use the weaponry, NBC reported. Concern in the region “is growing by the hour,” CNN said. ”It doesn’t get more serious than this.”

Washington is “huddling” with its allies, including Israel, over how to grapple with the danger, according to CNN. US intelligence, Israeli intelligence and other agencies were “working this problem round the clock,” it said.

A chemical attack on a city like Homs in western Syria, with a population of about a million, could wipe out a third of the city in a few hours, ex-CIA agent Robert Baer told the station.

Baer also noted that with Al-Qaeda reportedly “on the ground” in Syria, there was a “remote” danger of chemical weapons being fired into Israel. There were “all sorts of disastrous scenarios,” he said. “They’re remote, but it’s a possibility.”

CNN said the Pentagon was fully focused on the Syrian chemical weapons threat, and was coordinating with Israel, Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. Officials were working on “targeting options” to present to the president, to try to stop the Syrians using the weaponry. The problem is that, if the chemicals have indeed been mixed, then firing on them would release the chemical agents, potentially causing catastrophe, CNN reported.

Assad’s military has “load..

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Dogs defecated on neighbors lot. success.

the times of Israel adds more fear to it. Every hour it gets graver.

where is Debka, they cannot be outdone by normal msn.

how real is the threat MM? Is this like a 10.99 on the scale?

According to reports American intelligence organizations had been receiving during recent days, the Syrian regime has been preparing the nerve agent Sarin for use. A few months ago, the Syrian government assured the international community that it had tightened its supervision over it chemical weapons stores and that at any rate it will not make use of them in the civil war. Now it seems that Assad may be considering using the deadly weapon.

Assad knows that the use of chemical weapons will alter everything. For this reason he might not really be considering the use of the gas rather that the move is a signal on Assad's part that he is on the precipice of giving in and would like an offer from the opposition.
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there's an interesting thought. if it's true he needs to choose signals that worry the neighbours less. but the fsa getting hold of a load of chemical weapons is not unworrying, either.

Either way Swin, this is getting to a point of no return!!!

MM, no telling what this lunatic is up to. He might gas his neighbors without even hitting those inside Syria?

I'm sure he is coordinating his every move with Iran and Hezbollah!

You and I do know about voodoo so is seems plausible right now.

Nightmare scenario: global jihad fighting near the central Syrian chemical facility

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