[BulletBobCo]

How do we know it was to hit Jordan. Wouldn't Israel be better for Al Queda to hit. Seem they would have spared just a little to share with their Zionist enemies.

Probably because if they hit Israel, Syria would become a smoking hole.

[dimk]

If the story is true Assad must have known about it. There is no way in the country like Syria to do something like that without their internal security knowing it.

Using VX on Israel would lead to immediate nuclear retaliation. Sharon will not hesitate 1sec before giving an order to turn Damascus into a lake. Assad is not suicidal he knows exactly who he is dealing with in Israel.

From what the king said it sounded like alQaeda was trying to remove him from power by wiping out half of Jordan. If trucks were not to be used in jordan then what was the point of transpoting it there? If the bomb was going to europe it would be 100 times easier to just load it onto the ship in damascus then sail it to its destination.

VX being used in any city with even the most primitive distribution device is scary. Chem weapons have limited batlefield impact since troops are much easier to protect and contaminated areas cause problems for your own troops. Both problems dont exist for terrorists. It is truly a scary scenario.

Also why is it not possible that Syria itself created the gas?