Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: Israel Will Launch A Military Strike Against Syria If They Move Their Chemical Weapons

IDF Home Front Command soldiers wearing chemical protection gear participate in a drill simulating a chemical missile attack in July 2009. Sources in Damascus warned that an Israeli strike on Syrian chemical weapons depots will prompt their use in an non-conventional war. (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash 90)

Israel Vows Syria Strike At Any Sign Of Chemical Arms Transfer -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Any sign that Syria's grip on its chemical weapons is slipping as it battles an armed uprising could trigger Israeli military strikes, Israel's vice premier said on Sunday.

Silvan Shalom confirmed a media report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had last week convened a meeting of security chiefs to discuss the civil war in Syria and the state of its suspected chemical arsenal.

Israel and NATO countries say Syria has stocks of chemical warfare agents at four sites. Syria is cagey about whether it has such arms but says if it had it would keep them secure and use them only to fend off foreign attack.

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My Comment: To issue such a threat tells me that Israel must have good intelligence on what are the intentions of the Assad regime when it comes to it's chemical stockpiles. They are now making it very clear that if there is any movement of chemical weapons from any of Syria's chemical depots .... Israel will immediately launch a military strike. Syria has not responded to this new Israeli threat .... but they have made it very clear in the past that any Israeli attack on Syria will be a declaration of war.