But when Syria says it will use WMD against foreign aggressors, they are probably htinking of Israel.
I see the potential manifestation of Isaiah 17, referring to the destruction of Damascus. Israel takes preemptive action to prevent Syrian WMDs from ending up in the hands of Hezbollah, al Qaeda or any of those terrorist groups, Syria retaliates with chemical weapons against Israel, Israel nukes Damascus.
Only the most hard core al Qaeda will be willing to endanger the Hajj as they, in fact, did. As a result, the Saudi have the ability to export their fundamentalism and at the same time, profit through their relationship with the West.