Post by mcnoch on Sept 16, 2012 2:12:44 GMT -5
Investigations of the German Der Spiegel (next issue to be published on Monday) reveal that Syria is continuing its developments and tests of chemical and biological weapons in the desert off Aleppo, one of the hot-sports of the rebellion.
In the hills near Safira the Syrian governments has its biggest chemical-weapon research institute, which is known to be used by scientists from Iran and North-Korea too.
End of August this scientific research institute has tested near Safira new shells for chemical agents for artillery systems and aircrafts.
These tests send a warning to the rebels and the foreign powers that the government can escalate their activities to suppress the rebellion and any foreign intervention. But at the same time such threats might increase the risks for attacks on facilities like this. Fearing for rebel-assaults the guards-team has again increased by another 100 elite soldiers and the fuel-reserves has been stocked up to safeguard that the important cooling-systems for the laboratories and productions equipment stays operational even during a siege like situation.
And even the rebels have thought about that, they want the USA to occupy these sites to secure them and make sure neither the government nor the rebels have access to these kind of weapons.
In the hills near Safira the Syrian governments has its biggest chemical-weapon research institute, which is known to be used by scientists from Iran and North-Korea too.
End of August this scientific research institute has tested near Safira new shells for chemical agents for artillery systems and aircrafts.
These tests send a warning to the rebels and the foreign powers that the government can escalate their activities to suppress the rebellion and any foreign intervention. But at the same time such threats might increase the risks for attacks on facilities like this. Fearing for rebel-assaults the guards-team has again increased by another 100 elite soldiers and the fuel-reserves has been stocked up to safeguard that the important cooling-systems for the laboratories and productions equipment stays operational even during a siege like situation.
And even the rebels have thought about that, they want the USA to occupy these sites to secure them and make sure neither the government nor the rebels have access to these kind of weapons.
