WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS STOCKPILE IF THE SYRIAN REBELS WIN?

At this point the main reason for attacking the Syrian government seems to be to protect the US president's credibility.  The price for that seems to fall neatly into that dreaded category of the Law of Unintended Consequences.

 

What if Assad's regime falls?  Who will get their hands on his stockpile of chemical weapons? 

 

RT - The potential of strategic US strikes in Syria has sparked fears Damascus’ chemical weapons could fall into the wrong hands if the government is toppled. A recent congressional report says 75,000 troops would be needed to safeguard the WMD caches.

 

The Congressional Research Center (CRS) report, issued just one day before the alleged August 21 chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb, was compiled with the aim of “responding to possible scenarios involving the use, change of hands, or loss of control of Syrian chemical weapons.”.

 

It states that Syria’s chemical weapon stockpiles, which a French intelligence report recently estimated at over 1,000 tons, have been secured by Syrian special forces.

Read more - http://rt.com/news/syria-chemical-weapons-troops-458/

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