Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday, 27 September 2013

The Washington Post Thursday, September 26, 2013 7:38:32 PM

National News Alert

Most of Syria’s toxins are said to be ‘unweaponized’

U.S. and Russian officials now believe the vast majority of Syria’s nerve agent stockpile consists of “unweaponized” liquid precursors that could be neutralized relatively quickly, lowering the risk that the toxins could be hidden away by the regime or stolen by terrorists.

A confidential assessment by the two governments also concludes that Syria’s entire arsenal could be destroyed in about nine months, assuming Syrian officials honor promises to surrender control of its chemical assets to international inspectors, according to two people briefed on the analysis.


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