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Alert: Syrian unrest raises fears about chemical arsenal <BR>August 28, 2011
6:05:46 PM<BR>------------------------------<WBR>----------<BR><BR>A sudden
collapse of the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could mean a
breakdown in controls over the country's weapons, U.S. officials and weapons
experts say. Syria possesses some of the deadliest chemicals ever to be
weaponized, dispersed in thousands of artillery shells and warheads that are
easy to transport.<BR><BR>Although many analysts doubt that Assad would
deliberately share chemical bombs with terrorists, it is not inconceivable that
weapons could vanish amid the chaos of an uprising that destroys Syria's vaunted
security services, which safeguard the munitions.<BR><BR>"This is a scenario
that's on the radar screen if things go downhill," said a U.S. security official
who monitors events in Syria. "A lot of people are watching this
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