Countries with chemistry
The Jerusalem Post notes that, in addition to the nuclear facility that was targeted by Israel and the US the other day, Syria also has a confirmed and very active chemical weapons missile production program, being run in conjunction with Iran:
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…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….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.
We note that, at least as of several years ago, Syria had Scud missiles capable of delivering a payload as far as 435 miles away, which would appear to include all the major Israeli population centers. Suddenly, it seems just like 2002 all over again — clandestine nuclear facilities, chemical weaponry being prepared for use, rogue states that openly predict that their enemies will disappear from the earth — but some of the names have changed.