Syria Will Miss It's First Deadline On Disclosing It's Chemical Weapons Program

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with former Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Fox News correspondent Greg Palkot on Sept. 19. REUTERS/SANA

Syria May Miss First Deadline In U.S.-Russia Chemical Arms Deal -- L.A. Times

The ambitious agreement is challenged as indications arise that the Syrian government will not submit a toxic-stockpile inventory this weekend.

WASHINGTON — The ambitious U.S.-Russian deal to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough just days ago, hit its first delay Wednesday with indications that the Syrian government will not submit an inventory of its toxic stockpiles and facilities to international inspectors by this weekend's deadline.

The State Department signaled that it would not insist that Syrian President Bashar Assad produce the list Saturday, the end of a seven-day period spelled out in the framework deal that Washington and Moscow announced last weekend in Geneva.

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My Comment: If Syria misses this first deadline ... it will tell me that the Assad government does not control some of it's chemical stockpiles. These are incredibly lethal weapons .... knowing how much you have and where they are located (at a moment's notice) is a must. Unfortunately .... it appears that the Assad regime does not know "where and what" they have.

Update: Destroying Syria's chemical weapons is also an unrealistic goal .... A year to destroy Syria's chemical weapons is an unrealistic goal -- The Week