Posted on 12/05/2012 9:09:51 PM PST by blam
US Officials Say Syrian Bombs Are Loaded With Chemical Weapons
Michael Kelley
December 5, 2012
Unnamed U.S. officials tell NBC News that the Syrian military has loaded the precursor chemicals for sarin nerve gas into aerial bombs.
The report comes hours after French weekly magazine Le Point reported that NATO special forces are preparing to enter Syria to secure its chemical weapons stockpiles.
On Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the U.S. is "certainly planning to take action" if new evidence showed that Bashar al-Assad's regime intended to use its stash of chemical weapons internally or cross-border.
Sarin gas, a colorless and odorless gas that can spread quickly through the air, is one of the most dangerous and toxic chemicals known to man. The Assad government has more than 500 metric tons of the precursors and usually stores them separately to prevent accidentally triggering a deadly reaction.
On Monday there were reports that the regime had reached the point "where they can load it up on a plane and drop it," but on Tuesday the Pentagon told NBC that there was no clear evidence that preparations had begun.
The Voice of Russia reports that there are now 17 warships off the Syrian coast following the arrival of the U.S.S. Dwight D Eisenhower a multipurpose nuclear attack carrier that holds 70 fighter-bombers and 8,000 U.S. servicemembers in the eastern Mediterranean.
In mid-November the U.S. ordered three warships on reserve to the coast of Israel. Senior U.S. military officers subsequently told CNN that the U.S. was considering further increasing the American military presence in the eastern Mediterranean. Russia responded by sending warships of their own off the coast of Gaza.
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Obama needs a new war to distract people from the Benghazi investigation and the continuing decline of the economy. War is good for tyrants.
On Coast to Coast AM, George Noory just said something like “there are reports the Syrian Army are loading chemicals in their weapons” or some similarly clumsy and ambiguous wording. For a show that claims to be on the “outside”, they sure parrot the party line.
Perhaps Saddam’s WMDs that were moved out of Iraq before we attacked.
Saddam’s WMD, while instructive in reverse-engineering how to arm a warhead with chemicals, is likely no longer viable due
to age. Only thing valuable about them is how to mate v or s gas to a missile.
US: Sarin bombs ready for Assads go order. Israel's odd silence
>> On Coast to Coast AM, George Noory
Good entertainment, but the guy has blown his “neutral” cover numerous times.
This is probably a lie. Our government now lies to us constantly, and about almost everything. Nearly nothing they say is honest. And now, this latest propaganda is offered.
I’m waiting for stories of Syrian troops unplugging incubators and catching Belgian babies on their bayonets.
Hillary and Obama come out and announce “if chemical weapons are used, we will intervene”.
But what they actually did was precisely tell the moslem brotherhood wahabbi rebels, “we will intevene on your behalf as soon as you can provode “proof” of a chemical attack.”
This can be done with a few Libyan shells provided by their like minded cohorts there, or by the CIA. Then there will be a “limited intervention to secure the gas weapons”.
This of course, means you must wipe out the Syrian Air Force. You must wipe out all the Syrian Anti-Air capacity to permit a permissive air environment.
You must secure a large airport and possibly a port and a supporting MSR.
The force seizing the gas supplies will report that they are in awful condition and it will be a slow to remove them safely, so we will need to seize a large base to have a place to deal with their storage and removal.
This will mean all Syrian ground forces which can threaten that base must be wiped out.
As we do attack the Syrian Air Force, AAA, etc, we will probably directly endanger or kill some Russians.
This boy-king Obama is going to get us into a war with Russia before he is done.
And all for what? To help the same crew that took over Egypt grab Syria.
bttt for a hard nail analysis
There were estimated to be 30,000 Russian citizens living within Syria. Apparently the Syrian males went big for that Russian wife deal. There have probably been an influx in Russian security of all shapes and sizes. Some Russian citizens may have left the violence. If war breaks out, supposedly they are going to have a united US/NATO/Jordan/Israeli ground game. Inside Syria will be government forces, rebel forces and insurgent forces. Not to mention the Russians, who have in the past, actually beaten US forces to a target (Serbia and Georgia). There probably are also some Iranian regulars present in Syria.
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Buy a bag of balloons with the money we’ve got
Set them free at the break of dawn
‘Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, “Some thing’s out there”
Floating in the summer sky
Ninety-nine red balloons go by
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Panic lads, it’s a red alert
There’s something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
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Ninety-nine red balloons go by
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Ninety-nine ministers meet
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Call the troops out in a hurry
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The President is on the line
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Ninety-nine knights of the air
Riding super high-tech jet fighters
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Everyone’s a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify, to clarify and classify
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Now it’s all over and I’m standin’ pretty
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I think of you and let it go
No such thing as WMD! The democrats told us so.
Send in the heavy guns Hillary and Susan Rice.
I would like to see solid proof before even thinking about bombing Syria. Assad maybe a murdering b#stard but he has not maintained power for so long by being a stupid murderous b#stard. It is very unlikely that he has used chemical weapons whilst the whole world is watching.
This to see the Marxist/NWO take over of the Middle East come closer to conclusion.
Mel
Wouldn't be surprised.
If we had a real president, those bombs would be set off before they left the Syrian soil.
Yours is a very astute observation. (Where is Ron Paul when you need him? I'm kidding, but Paul wouldn't do anything, believe he would say let the Syrians kill each other if that is what they want to do - not our problem.)
I believe it because it was Israeli Mossad over two months ago that told Netanyahu they were preparing the Sarin. Twice in the past two months Israel has asked Jordan to give them permission to take out the chemical weapons so they know where they are. Jordan told them don't bomb yet.
The reason Israel is asking Jordan is because some of those chemical weapons are stored near the Jordanian border.
Mossad knows what is happening in real time and they are the best at what they do. NATO forces are there and that includes English and French guys. I expect they will jerk around and screw up. Once Jordan gives Israel the okay, the chemical weapons will be gone and likely parts of that country won't recover from the Israeli bombs. I would bet Assad will flee the country before the chemical bombs or Israeli bombs are dropped.
Not to worry.. they are the WMD from Iraq and therefore they may look and feel real but they do not exist.
Did anyone but me see the WMDs leaving Iraq in convoys in the middle of the night? The moron stream media will never report the truth.
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