The drive by media has harped on brazen lie ' A number of people researching the subject, coupled with those having solid Israeli contracts, firmly believe Saddam bio-chem weapons were trucked (as in 18 wheel) all the way into Syria, three months prior to the war, shipped under cloud covered nights, with the 'weather related assistance' of the Russians, old Soviet pals of Saddam's Ba'ath party thugs.
Saddam, as in the case of Kuwait, never dreamed he would actually be defeated in his own backyard, then captured, tried and conflicted of war crimes. In his sick mindset the party would go on forever, therefore he believed the recovery of his 'WMD' would be easy, or even if a cash deal were warrented with Assad, no problem he could always utilize crude oil for any payments, directly through the Iraqi-Syrian pipeline, considering Saddam & Bashar Assad were already making millions by Saddam selling Iraqi crude to Bashar at 50% below the spot price (average $14-$16 cash on the barrel, reportedly in Euros), in turn Syria would label the Iraqi crude oil 'Syrian', receiving whatever the fluctuating daily spot price happened to be at the time, an average of $28-$32ish a barrel. This went on right under the U.N.s "oil for food" scam.
The question right now is the shelve life and if Assad bunch transpired a percentile to their Hezballah proxies (with Syrian supervision, as some say Russian too) for a planned 'attempted' future war against Israel. Which means DR. Assad can kiss himself goodbye, as well as the terrorist capitol of the world, Damascus.
If your in depth research & well thought out analysis is indeed correct, with a large portion, or all of the 'Chemical Weapons Precursors' were in fact hidden beneath the sands of the Western Desert, it stands to reason the Sunni, Saddam supporting Ba'athist terrorists have turned Anbar province into a hotbed of terrorism. It's rather difficult searching, digging for chemical weapons in that boiling, vast, barren sandy wasteland while Sunni killers are lurking behind every other house, plus planting roadside explosive devices attempting to murder as many of our soldiers as possible.
It it possible Saddam buried his chemical weapons inside non metallic containers which would not be detectable via metal detection devices which would explain in part why large hidden amounts of Saddam's weaponry have yet to be discovered?
Excellent post.