Posted on 12/22/2012 7:24:30 AM PST by Dave346
The chemical warfare threat looming over Syria’s civil war and its neighbors has taken an epic turn with the announcement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Saturday, Dec. 22, that “the Syrian government has “consolidated its chemical weapons in one or two locations amid a rebel onslaught and they are under control for the time being.”
He added that Russia, “which has military advisers training Syria’s military, has kept close watch over its chemical arsenal.”
Debkafile’s military and intelligence sources report: The Russian foreign minister’s statement was a message to Washington that the transfer of Syria’s weapons of mass destruction to one or two protected sites was under Russian control. This had removed the danger of them falling into the hands of the al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra ,which had come ominously close Friday, Dec. 21, when the Islamists spearheaded a Syrian rebel assault for the capture of the al-Safira military complex and Bashar Assad’s chemical and biological stores.
Lavrov did not go into detail about how this arsenal was removed and to which locations. But his reference to “Russian military advisers training Syria’s military” clearly indicated that Russian forces were directly involved in removing the WMD out of the reach of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists.
His assertion that they were “under control” indicated that Russia was also involved in safeguarding them.
(Excerpt) Read more at debka.com ...
“Here I was waiting to see if US would do anything to secure the WMDs”
I think the USA (at least the WH and State) had their own plans for when they would be used.
Thank Goodness they are now safe under Russia`s control...Roll eyes LOL
Just like Russia helping the Iranians and god knows who else, yep now I feel secure :)
Gog/Magog
Report: Al Qaeda emir's hand in Egypt and Syria
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The al-Qaeda cell in Egypt is thought to have been involved in the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Interesting gathering of info by Thomas Joscelyn. Think I will bookmark this article from the Matrix. Thanks.
The Arab Spring has sprung!
Syria militants use chemical weapons against Syrian forces
Syria is friends with Shiite Iran, Obama is friends with Sunni Whabists
Obama wants Syria (Assad) gone and wouldn’t help one lick
Russia has no wimpy ROE’s plus Syria’s Assad though a mad man is still much kinder and gentler to Jews and Christians than Obama’s ally in the mess. No US soldiers, NONE should set foot in the ME unless it’s allied with our ally, ISRAEL!
“Here I was waiting to see if US would do anything to secure the WMDs, but of course not under Obama.
Instead Russia fills the void.”
Well, that’s certainly a lot better than having them fall into the hands of a bunch of crazed Communists!/s;)
All Debka has done is spin a statement by the Russian Foreign Minister.
Russia's foreign minister says Syria has acted to consolidate its chemical weapons to prevent rebels capturing them. Syria has acted to consolidate its chemical weapons into "one or two" places to prevent rebels capturing them, Russia's foreign minister said on Saturday. The BBC quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as having said the weapons had previously been "scattered" across the country and they were "under control" for the time being.
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