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Syria's Weapons of Mass Destruction, in Translation

Rightwheel Wrote: Jul 25, 2012 12:41 PM

Hmmm, maybe because using those weapons would have turned international support into international opprobrium? It is critical to the Islamist agenda to keep Israel on the defensive politically. If Israel could get away with going on the offensive Hezb'allah and Hamas would quickly be erased. They would be no match for the IDF unleashed, and they know it full well.

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Syria's Weapons of Mass Destruction, in Translation

On Monday, Syria's dictatorship reminded the world that it possesses weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi delivered the reminder in Arabic, then repeated it in English, in order to "clarify" Syria's intent for Western media and Western audiences.

"Any stocks of WMD," Makdissi said, "or any unconventional weapons that the Syrian Arab Republic possesses ... would never be used against the Syrian people during this crisis, in any circumstances, no matter how the crisis will evolve. ... All the stocks of these weapons ... are monitored and guarded by the Syrian Army. These...

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