Is Syria Starting To Hide Their Chemical Weapons Stockpiles To As Many As 50 Sites?

Elite Syrian Unit Scatters Chemical Arms Stockpile -- Wall Street Journal

Assad Regime Has Moved Weapons to as Many as 50 Sites

A secretive Syrian military unit at the center of the Assad regime's chemical weapons program has been moving stocks of poison gases and munitions to as many as 50 sites to make them harder for the U.S. to track, according to American and Middle Eastern officials.

The movements of chemical weapons by Syria's elite Unit 450 could complicate any U.S. bombing campaign in Syria over its alleged chemical attacks, officials said. It also raises questions about implementation of a Russian proposal that calls for the regime to surrender control of its stockpile, they said.

U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies still believe they know where most of the Syrian regime's chemical weapons are located, but with less confidence than six months ago, U.S. officials said.

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More News On Reports That Syria Is Starting To Hide Their Chemical Weapons Stockpiles To As Many As 50 Sites

Syria chemical weapons sites being dispersed: Wall Street Journal -- Reuters
Syria moving around chemical weapons -- Global Post/AFP
Syria reportedly scattering its chemical arms -- France 24
Syria: Bashar al-Assad has 'spread chemical weapons around 50 sites' -- The Telegraph
Elite Syrian unit scattering chemical weapons: Report -- Times of India/PTI
Elite Syrian unit scattering chemical weapons: Report -- Business Standard
Syria Joins Weapons Treaty, Stashes Chemical Arms Across the Country -- New York Magazine
Report: Syria scatters chemical weapon stocks across the country -- Al Arabiya
Report: Assad Scattering Chemical Weapons -- Arutz Sheva
Secret Assad Forces Hiding Chemical Weapons -- Newsmax
WSJ: Elite Syrian unit has scattered Assad’s chemical stockpile among as many as 50 different sites -- Hot Air
Meet the Secret Syrian Force Guarding Assad's Chemical Weapons Supply -- The Atlantic

My Comment: If these reports are true, I can understand why Kerry is demanding a fast accounting of Syrian chemical arms.