Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Syria's chemical weapons: How secure are they from jihadists?

What is it with Muslims and chemicals?  Syria is stockpiling chemical & bio weapons, Iraq and Iran used chemical weapons in their war in the 80's, the Taliban is gassing girls schools in Afghanistan and jilted male Muslims from Afghanistan to Bangladesh throw acid into womens and girls faces.

FROM JEWISHWORLDREVIEW.COM:

Jewish World Review June 27, 2012 / 7 Tamuz, 5772

Syria's chemical weapons: How secure are they from jihadists?

By Nicholas Blanford

Syria has been amassing chemical weapons since the 1980s and is believed to have a larger stockpile than any other country that has faced ethnic civil war

BEIRUT — (TCSM) As Syria slides into ever worsening violence and parts of the country begin to slip out of control of the state, Syria's chemical and biological weapons arsenal, air defense systems, and ballistic missiles could be up for grabs — a potential bonanza for radical militant groups and a massive challenge for the West in attempting to check proliferation.

Hard data on Syria's chemical and biological warfare capabilities is scarce, but the country is believed to have one of the largest chemical agents stockpiles in the world, including VX and Sarin nerve agents. It also has an impressive number of surface-to-surface missiles, such as Scud-Ds which can be fitted with chemical warheads, and modern Russian anti-aircraft missile batteries, including portable shoulder-fired systems.

"This is unknown territory," says Charles Blair, senior fellow for State and Non-State Threats at the Washington-based Federation of American Scientists. "We have never been through the potential collapse via a very bloody ethnic civil war of a country that is likely armed with a very large stockpile of chemical weapons."

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