Report: Syria transported Chemical Weapons To Iraq -- Jerusalem Post
Lebanese daily says 20 trucks crossed into Iraq last week, bearing equipment and material used for manufacturing chemical weapons.
Syria has moved 20 trucks worth of equipment and material used for the manufacturing of chemical weapons into neighboring Iraq, the Lebanese daily Al-Mustaqbal reported on Sunday.
The government in Baghdad has denied allegations that it is helping the Syrian government conceal chemical stockpiles.
The report came just a day after the United States and Russia struck a deal stipulating that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime would destroy its chemical arsenal to avert an American military assault.
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My Comment: I am skeptical of this report. Such a delivery would be noticed by many Sunnis in western Iraq who are loyal to the Syrian opposition .... they would create such a media storm that it would embarrass the Iraqi government and undermine the Assad regime in Syria.
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