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Blast at Secret Syrian Missile Site Kills "Dozens" (Iranian Advisers)
The Times ^ | September 20, 2007 | James Hider in Jerusalem and Michael Evans, Defence Editor

Posted on 09/23/2007 4:31:31 PM PDT by DGHoodini

An accidental explosion in a secret weapons facility in Syria killed dozens of Syrian and Iranian military engineers as they were attempting to mount a chemical warhead on a Scud missile, according to an authoritative military journal.

Fifteen military personnel and “dozens” of Iranian advisers died when the fuel for the missile caught fire and the weapon exploded, according to unnamed Syrian sources quoted by Jane’s Defence Weekly.

The report said that the explosion sent out a cloud of chemical and nerve gases, including the deadly VX and Sarin agents as well as mustard gas, across the facility in the northern city of Aleppo. The claims could not be verified independently by sources in London and the United States.

The official Syrian news agency, Sana, reported that 15 Syrian military personnel were killed and 50 others injured in an accident involving “very explosive products” on July 26. It made no mention of Iranian officers also being killed in the blast, which it said was not an act of sabotage.

Jane’s claimed that the engineers were trying to weaponise a Syrian-made Scud missile with a range of about 300 miles (480km) when the explosion occurred. The Syrians and Iranians are thought to have been working closely together on developing a more effective chemical warhead for the Scud ballistic missile system.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attack; bomb; israel; scud; sept62007; syria
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To: DGHoodini

Karl Rove.... George Bush.... planted WMD's..... Rosie O'Donnell help us!!!!!!

41 posted on 09/23/2007 7:30:55 PM PDT by End_Clintonism_Now (<==== NOW MORE THAN EVER !!!!!)
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To: skepsel; RichInOC

Read more carefully. In particular post #15.


42 posted on 09/23/2007 7:31:21 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: DGHoodini

Children playing with matches.


43 posted on 09/24/2007 12:05:50 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Afghan protest - "Death to Dog Washers!")
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