[mojito]

An update of yesterday's story, with a few additional details.

[DejaJude]

It said the agreement, signed in November 2005, had led to the establishment of five pilot facilities in Syria aimed at producing chemical weapon precursors.

One seems to be taken out now. Wonder if Israel is working on the others? They were arming it, but where was it pointed? Israel, Lebanon or Iraq?

[Greystoke]

Ahh, giving up so soon? This calls for more tests...*snicker*

[mojito]

This remarkable piece of information, courtesy of YNET News:

“The scientific arm responsible for Syria’s knowledge and missile production is the Scientific Study Research Center (SSRC). They can be contacted at POB 4470, Damascus. They can also be reached by phone at: 963-11-772-603, or faxed at 963-11-2223771. Yet behind this seemingly innocent name hides the agency in charge of the manufacture of ballistic missiles. The center also handles a great part of the knowledge and acquisition of equipment worldwide.”

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3451415,00.html

[Lurker]

The sources said dozens of Iranian missile engineers were killed along with the 15 Syrians.

That's a pretty good start.

L

[bert]

Since the Syrian experts were killed, we can assume that future warhead arming will be by guys that come to play off the bench.

They are down to second string and the coin toss beginning the game hasn’t happened yet.

[justa-hairyape]

As a result of the explosion on July 26, Jane's said an Iranian-Syrian programme to arm short-range ballistic missiles with chemical warheads had been aborted.

And thus, Syria had a motive to order Nuclear Take-Out through their favorite Chinese restaurant, Norkies.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

Iran agreed to supply Syria with weapons and ammunition, train Syrian personnel, and help transfer technology for weapons of mass destruction

Well shoot Luke, there's your problem...

Regards,
GtG

PS Maybe we can count on a little less cooperation between the Persians and the Arabs, yes?

[Panzerlied]

Doesn’t that just tear your heart out?

NAAAAAAAAAaaaa!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

An original thread on this :

Explosion at northern Syrian military complex kills 15 soldiers

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An explosion went off at an ordnance depot inside a military complex outside the Syrian city of Aleppo on Thursday, killing at least 15 soldiers and wounding 50 others, the state news agency said.

The SANA news agency said the blast was caused when high summer temperatures set off high-explosive materials at the depot, adding that the explosion was not the result of sabotage.

The explosion resulted from the combustion of sensitive, highly-explosive material caused by extremely high temperatures, SANA said.

The depot belonged to a military unit in Musalmiya, some 10 kilometers from Aleppo, 350 kilometers north of Damascus, the agency said.

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898490/posts

[reagan_fanatic]

Darn those gremlins...