Nightmare scenario: members of global Jihad fighting near central Syrian chemical weapons facility | |
| tarfonwxx (OP) User ID: 959411 12/06/2012 12:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nightmare scenario: members of global Jihad fighting near central Syrian chemical weapons facility Al Safir 36 02'02"N 37 21'03"E On 27 May 2005 Syria test-fired three Scud missiles, the first such Syrian missile tests since 2001. The missiles included one Scud B, with a range of about 300 kilometers, and a pair of Scud D's, with a range of about 700 kilometers. The missiles were launched from Minakh, north of Aleppo in northern Syria. it appears that the missile launchers would have been driven to this air base from their garrison at Al Safir south of Allepo. One flew about 400 kilometers to southernmost Syria, near the border with Jordan. One of the missiles disintegrated over Turkish territory, showering missile parts over two villages in the Turkish province of Hatay. This missile had been fired southwest toward the Mediterranean. Open sources report that there are at least three Syrian facilities currently engaged in producing Chemical Weapons, located near Damascus, Hama, and Safira village (in the Aleppo area). [link to www.globalsecurity.org] |
| tarfonwxx (OP) User ID: 29187762 12/06/2012 12:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Nightmare scenario: members of global Jihad fighting near central Syrian chemical weapons facility Syrian rebels seize El Saphira near big chemical weapons store DEBKAfile’s military sources report that, after three days of fierce fighting, Syrian rebel units Thursday seized control of the small southwestern Syrian town of El Saphira, just 3 kilometers from the Syrian army’s largest chemical weapons store. Our sources disclose that this base holds Scud D missiles armed with chemical warheads which are pointed towards Israel. [link to debka.com] |