Dismantling Syria Chemical Weapons Arsenal Would Be Tough Task -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Any deal with Syria to hand over its chemical weapons in the middle of a chaotic civil war would be difficult for inspectors to enforce and destroying them would likely take years, U.S. officials and experts caution.
Syria's strongest backer, Russia, proposed on Monday that Damascus save itself from a U.S. military strike over its alleged use of chemical weapons by putting its stockpiles under international control.
The proposal was welcomed by Syria and seized upon by the secretary-general of the United Nations. U.S. President Barack Obama said the offer was a potential breakthrough but had to be handled with skepticism.
Syria has never signed a global treaty banning the storage of chemical weapons and is believed to have large stocks of sarin, mustard gas and VX nerve agents. The actual use of chemical weapons is banned by a 1925 treaty to which Damascus is a signatory.
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Update #1: Q&A: What now for Syria’s chemical weapons and the US strike? -- Financial Times
Update #2: 6 Problems With The Syria Chemical Weapons Agreement -- Here & Now
My Comment: I have no idea on how they will be able to pull this off .... sending in international inspectors so that they can assemble Syria's chemical weapons in the middle of a chaotic civil war would not only be difficult to enforce .... but destroying them would likely take years. On top of everything else .... doubts are now emerging about Assad’s control of Syria’s chemical weapons.
Sighhh .... trusting the Russians and the Syrians to get rid of these chemical weapons .... and the U.S. jumping onto this bandwagon .... I smell a disaster unfolding.
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