Posted on 09/18/2007 11:56:25 AM PDT by mojito
Edited on 09/19/2007 5:42:35 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Proof of cooperation between Iran and Syria in the proliferation and development of weapons of mass destruction was brought to light Monday in a Jane's Magazine report that dozens of Iranian engineers and 15 Syrian officers were killed in a July 23 accident in Syria.
According to the report, cited by Channel 10, the joint Syrian-Iranian team was attempting to mount a chemical warhead on a scud missile when the explosion occurred, spreading lethal chemical agents, including sarin nerve gas.
Reports of the accident were circulated at the time, however, no details were released by the Syrian government, and there were no hints of an Iranian connection.
The report comes on the heels of criticism leveled by the Syrains at the United States, accusing it of spreading "false" claims of Syrian nuclear activity and cooperation with North Korea to excuse an alleged Israeli air incursion over the country this month.
According to Global Security.org, Syria is not a signatory of either the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), - an international agreement banning the production, stockpiling or use of chemical weapons, or the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Syria began developing chemical weapons in 1973, just before the Yom Kipper War. Global Security.org cites the country as having one of the most advanced chemical weapons programs in the Middle East.
I hate it when that happens
So President Bush invaded the only country in the region that did not have WMDs?
Hello, Tehran Times? I'd like to place an help wanted ad for some weapons engineers...
And they’re allowed to do this, eh?
Gotta love those “Work Accidents”...
At least Saddam’s WMDs are killing bad guys, for the moment.
I don’t know if this will lead to war but it definitely doesn’t lead away from war. In any case this seems like the best thread of many low-quality threads to post my updated tagline.
Homer “where’s the anykey”.
Allah is laughing with delight!
This will be the lead story on CNN and NBC tonight????? Right??? Wrong.
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Interesting...
GWB should be ashamed.
Bush’s fault
Well, since we are talking about Iranian engineers and junior Syrian army officer, of the 86 killed, only 64 of them were virgins. They will have to wait until another 9 jihadi virgins are killed, before they can be shipped off to Paradise in the standard 73-virgin block. That way each jihadi has the requisite 72 virgin companions.
I’m waiting to hear “It’s all Bush’s fault”.
They were building it for peaceful civilian use.
That is exactly what I was thinking when I read this.
July 23 is my birthday - I can’t think of a more fitting present than wiping out a bunch of evil scientists. Does that make me bad?
“Here’s your sign.”
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