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US offers to destroy Syrian chemical weapons
ap.org ^ | 11/30/13 | TOBY STERLING and ALBERT AJI /AP

Posted on 11/30/2013 10:46:28 AM PST by ColdOne

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- The U.S. has offered to help destroy some of the most lethal parts of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile at an offshore facility, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons said Saturday.

The international organization's director-general, Ahmet Uzumcu, said in The Hague, Netherlands that the U.S. government will contribute "a destruction technology, full operational support and financing to neutralize" the weapons, most likely on a ship in the Mediterranean Sea. The weapons are to be removed from Syria by Dec. 31.

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1 posted on 11/30/2013 10:46:28 AM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

The ones Saddam loaned them?


2 posted on 11/30/2013 11:15:52 AM PST by txhurl
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To: ColdOne

NO! The zero will just give them to the brotherhood to use on Israel.


3 posted on 11/30/2013 11:46:59 AM PST by Tigen (I shall raise you one .)
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Well, gotta give Ø his due, with all its inherent due respect (ie, Ø): he is the proxy-against-Israel pResident.


4 posted on 11/30/2013 11:52:38 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Tigen

DAMNED STRAIGHT

That’s what Benghazi was about.

He’ll send them to Syria or Hezblollah.

I trust him as far as I could throw Andre the Giant.


5 posted on 11/30/2013 1:20:33 PM PST by esoxmagnum (Turtles don't win fights, they just turtle up. Victory belongs to the aggressor, not the turtle.)
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To: Tigen
NO! The zero will just give them to the brotherhood to use on Israel.

Why so cynical? I figure he will provide the Brotherhood with adequate training and clearances first. Then he will send them in as "qualified" (navigators anyone?) disposal technicians whose service includes transporting the stockpiles to a "safe but undisclosed staging area" prior to destroying them. It will all be legit - trust him....

6 posted on 12/01/2013 3:43:28 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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