jrance@iacwds.com 716 Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid...icle%2FShowFull Proof of cooperation between Iran and Syria in the development and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was brought to light Monday in a Jane's Magazine report that dozens of Iranian engineers and 15 Syrian officers were killed in a July 23 accident in Syria. Syrian and Iranian Presidents, Bashar Assad, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, listen to national anthems at the Ash-Shaeb presidential palace in Damascus, Thursday. Photo: AP RELATED Analysis: There's a reason world is quiet on alleged IAF strike J'lem downplays Iranian threat; Olmert: I respect Assad According to the report, cited by Channel 10, the joint Syrian-Iranian team was attempting to mount a chemical warhead on a scud missile when the explosion occurred, spreading lethal chemical agents, including sarin nerve gas and VX gas. The factory was created specifically for the purposes of altering ballistic missiles to carry chemical payloads, the magazine report claimed. Reports of the accident were circulated at the time, however, no details were released by the Syrian government, and there were no hints of an Iranian connection. The report comes on the heels of criticism leveled by the Syrains at the United States, accusing it of spreading "false" claims of Syrian nuclear activity and cooperation with North Korea to excuse an alleged Israeli air incursion over the country this month. According to Global Security.org, Syria is not a signatory of either the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), - an international agreement banning the production, stockpiling or use of chemical weapons, or the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Syria began developing chemical weapons in 1973, just before the Yom Kippur War. Global Security.org cites the country as having one of the most advanced chemical weapons programs in the Middle East. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaGroaner 2 Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Like Hunter used to say... "Works for me". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
getitat 609 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Don't give up, men...Keep testing and testing. Surely that one was a fluke, don't change a thing....... guido2 in Houston Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bayoupiper 738 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 There actually is a Syrian Homer Simpson! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MD_Willington 11 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Related to what Israeli planes bombed a week or so ago perhaps ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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