I remember that family intrigue thing- recall that right before our invasion- and right after this stuff was shipped out- Saddam gave two Russian generals- one being Primakov- one of Iraq’s highest medals for their service to the Iraqi government.
If they were relocating WMD they were doing it with Russian help.
Wondering what links Assad’s sister and her husband Gen Shawkat have to Primakov and other Russians.
And wondering if this is true that Assad didn’t know about it, or if that’s the story being told at the time because to say that the Syrian state did it has more ramifications.
That is what I remember when it was reported at the time.