Israel: State of Syrian chemical weapons could change in a moment via Joseph Wouk

Israel: State of Syrian chemical weapons could change in a moment

Israel: State of Syrian chemical weapons could change in a moment.

DEBKAfile Special Report January 8, 2013, 6:36 PM (GMT+02:00)

Syrian chemical weapons site

“Syria’s chemical weapons are under control for now, but no one in America or Israel can tell what the situation will be five minutes from now,” a senior Israeli defense official told debkafile Tuesday, Jan.8. The situation is dangerously fluid because there is no certainty about who is in control, or when some Syrian chemical unit commander may take it into his head to use it.”

There were two touch-and-go moments in the last two months – first, when Assad was on the verge of directing chemical arms to be used against the rebels; second, when Al Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusrah front fighting in rebel ranks came close to getting hold of them. The first occurred in the last week of November and the second in the last ten days of December. Read more…

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