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Syria 'rebuilding' chemical weapons capability
telegraph.co.uk - 2/19/2009
Syria 'rebuilding' chemical weapons capability
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Syria is rebuilding its chemical weapons capability according to satellite images analysed by Jane's Intelligence Review.
'Syria building chemical weapons plant' | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com - 2/18/2009
'Syria building chemical weapons plant' | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
— jpost.com — Syria has been conducting extensive construction work on a chemical weapons facility in the country's northwest, satellite... images obtained by the defense analyst group Jane's reveal. The images of a chemical weapons facility identified as al-Safir ... (more) 'Syria building chemical weapons plant' | Middle East | ...

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corner.nationalreview.com - 2/19/2009
Durban II Planning
— corner.nationalreview.com — President Obama had been warned to avoid having anything to do with the U.N.'s Durban II "anti-racism"... conference this year. The U.S. walked out of the 2001 Durban I conference because it proved to be a U.N.-sanctioned platform for anti-Semitism. Its ... (more) Durban II Planning

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breitbart.com - 2/21/2009
Syria, US explore improving ties as Kerry visits
— breitbart.com — DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The United States and Syria are exploring the possibility of better relations after... years of tension—but questions remain over just how much common ground exists between the two. In a sign that President Barack Obama may be ... (more) Syria, US explore improving ties as Kerry visits

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Belmont Club:  Mystery in the desert

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News.....
Theo Spark — ... own brand food! Leading animal rights activist defects to Countryside Alliance - and now says hunting with dogs is 'beneficial'. Time for the hunting ban to go. French city workers flee financial chaos in London and return home to '£70,000 unemployment benefits'. How much!!! Treachery in high heels: Insiders claim Harriet Harman is plotting to topple Gordon Brown. She hasn't an honest bone in her body. Syria 'rebuilding' chemical weapons capability. Of course they are. Especially as they are ...

Diplomatic follies
Yourish.com — ... not only a number of the defining features of a chemical weapons facility, but that significant levels of construction have taken place at the facility’s production plant and adjacent missile base. Elder of Ziyon notes that the American diplomatic mission will now detract attention from this potential threat. Israel Matzav presents some more details about this chemical weapons plant. An article in the Telegraph that provides even more background about the plant contains these two paragraphs: Syria’s ...

Mystery in the desert
Belmont Club — ... disconnection of the bombed Syrian site from other components of a nuclear weapons development effort strongly suggests that Damascus had partners in its effort. Suspicion has been cast in several directions. North Korea. There have even been arguments on several blog sites that the Syrian site was somehow connected to the WMD program that Operation Iraqi Freedom never found. But another clue to the nature of the facility comes indirectly: from an examination of Syrian strategy. The Daily Telegraph , citing a Janes analysis of satellite imagery, reports that Syria is ...

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