UK’s Hague confirms ‘evidence’ of Syria chemical arms plans

William Hague says there will be “serious consequences” if Syria uses chemical weapons

8 December 2012 Last updated at 11:44

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20650582

British Foreign Secretary William Hague says the UK and the US have seen evidence that Syria is preparing to use chemical weapons.

Mr Hague told the BBC there was “enough evidence to know that they need a warning”.

The foreign secretary did not give details, as he said the evidence had come from “intelligence sources”.

A Syrian official insisted last week that it would “never, under any circumstances” use such weapons.

That statement followed a warning on Monday from US President Barack Obama that there would be consequences if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against his people.

Mr Hague told the BBC: “The president of the United States warned of serious consequences and he means it.”

Pressed in the interview by the BBC’s Frank Gardner, he said he could understand why the public might be sceptical after the blunders made over Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction 10 years ago.

Mr Hague, speaking while at a security conference in Bahrain, said the use of chemical weapons would be a “major change” and said he hoped that Syria would heed the warnings.

Syria’s chemical weapons

The CIA believes Syria has had a chemical weapons programme “for years and already has a stockpile of CW agents which can be delivered by aircraft, ballistic missile, and artillery rockets”

Syria is believed to possess mustard gas and sarin, a highly toxic nerve agent

The CIA also believes that Syria has attempted to develop more toxic and more persistent nerve agents, such as VX gas

A report citing Turkish, Arab and Western intelligence agencies put Syria’s stockpile at approximately 1,000 tonnes of chemical weapons, stored in 50 towns and cities

Syria has not signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) or ratified the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC)

Sources: CSIS, RUSI

Could US remove Syria chemical weapons?

Western military sources in the Gulf have told the BBC that Syria’s chemical weapons are concentrated at five air bases and are being closely watched.

They say contingency plans have been drawn up if they show signs of being readied to be loaded and used as weapons.

Meanwhile, Syrian rebel fighters are maintaining their offensive against Damascus airport, which they say is a “fair target”.

Rebel spokesmen say the airport is being used by the Syrian military and that it should be avoided by civilians.

There has been fierce fighting in recent weeks in the countryside around Damascus, known as the Ghouta.

The city’s international airport has been inaccessible or closed to civilian flights repeatedly over the past two weeks.

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TheUnhivedMind on December 8, 2012 at 6:28 pm said:

Al-Assad and Putin have crippled the Western terrorist attempts to take over Syria. The terrorists desired the takeover in a quick fashion but have failed miserably against the better minded Putin and Assad. Now the City of London Corporation and King Juan Carlos are putting the screws on their puppet fronts like Hague and Clinton to get the job done.

Now the military intelligence have to start the fear factor with WMDs again just as they did with Iraq. Have they learned from their mistakes of the past? Will they set off a false-flag chemical weapon attack and blame Syria? Will they pretend in their media that an attack has taken place even when it has not? Lets wait and see but rest assured they are cornered rats desperate now to attack Syria with military interventions after a no-fly zone is implemented.

Who has used chemical weapons on innocent people in the past? Why it was the United States with Agent Orange in the Vietnamese war. Who has use atomic weapons on innocent people in the past? Why it was the United States in the war on Japan in World War II. Who has micro-nuked Aleppo in Syria recently? Why it was likely the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Who are the real bullies and terrorists of the World? Who tried to plant weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? The American-Turkish Council run by CIA death squad assassin, Richard Armitage. They failed after a battle between agents took place with numerous deaths on both sides. Watch the same old crap go on again as the West is so pathetic in its cheating.

-= The Unhived Mind

CNN’s Fake Newscast From The First Gulf War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd8SdV80AL8