Report: US prepared plans to secure Syria's WMDs
The US military has prepared contingency plans to send
special operations teams into Syria to secure that country's chemical weapons
stockpiles should they fall from the control of Syrian President Bashar Assad's
forces, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday evening.
The revelation followed US President Barack Obama's
warning earlier this week that any effort by the Assad regime to use or move
Syria's arsenal of weapons of mass destruction would cross a "red
line."
US military officials told the Times that securing the
weapons depots would likely involve stealth raids by troops trained in the
handling of chemical weapons, along with surgical airstrikes to incinerate
chemicals without dispersing them
The Pentagon officials stressed, however, that the White
House has not yet ordered any detailed planning of operations regarding Syria.
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