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‘Dozens died in Syrian-Iranian chemical weapons experiment’

JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST Sep. 18, 2007

Proof of cooperation between Iran and Syria in the proliferation and development of weapons of mass destruction was brought to light Monday in a Jane’s Defence Weekly report that dozens of Iranian engineers and 15 Syrian officers were killed in a July 23 accident in Syria.

According to the report, cited by Channel 10, the joint Syrian-Iranian team was attempting to mount a chemical warhead on a Scud missile when the explosion occurred, spreading lethal chemical agents, including sarin nerve gas.

Reports of the accident were circulated at the time; however, no details were released by the Syrian government, and there were no hints of an Iranian connection.

The report comes on the heels of criticism leveled by the Syrians at the United States, accusing it of spreading “false” claims of Syrian nuclear activity and cooperation with North Korea to excuse an alleged Israeli air incursion over the country this month.

According to globalsecurity.org, Syria is not a signatory of either the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), - an international agreement banning the production, stockpiling or use of chemical weapons - or the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Syria began developing chemical weapons in 1973, just before the Yom Kipper War. Globalsecurity.org cites the country as having one of the most advanced chemical weapons programs in the Middle East.

Source: jpost.com

Iran is definitely a problem, Syria is definitely a problem, the whole region is waiting to explode. Just imagine if we had waited to go into this region. Saddam would still be in power and would probably at least be close to having functional WMDs by now. Iran is proving that it is closer first by their words and now by their deeds. They are pushing us towards having no choice but to respond.

And if we don’t respond Israel will have to. Their very survival depends on keeping the region free of nukes. That is why it recently bombed Syria. If we were going to launch an attack on Iran it would make no sense not to also topple the Syrian regime because it is a puppet of Iran. Furthermore, if you look at a map of the region you’ll notice that Syria’s Western frontier borders the Mediterranean. This would open up another front on this war if we could get our carriers in there just in case Iran cuts off access to the Persian Gulf. I know we have Iraq and Afghanistan but it helps having the carriers as well and would significantly increase our firepower. BigT

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