The Associated Press
June 25, 1998, Thursday, PM cycle
U.S. says Syria has nerve gas aboard missiles, artillery, airplanes
The Clinton administration says Syria has an active chemical weapons program and has armed missiles, warplanes and artillery shells with the nerve gas sarin. The Mideast country had help developing the arsenal from Indian companies and possibly from a retired Russian general, a knowledgeable official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Uh, yea; maybe. We’re supposed to believe the Clinton administration; Debka Files, political front mag for the Israeli gov’t and a “senior” Israeli official? There’s one small problem with all of this; chemical weapons, by their very nature, disburse in unpredictable ways. Syria is a small place and the use of WMD’s against an entrenched enemy would likely cause significant colateral damage. Unless I’m mistaken, Assad and his family still reside in Damascus.