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April 6, 2012

Syria's WMD Threat

James Farwell, The National Interest

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Buoyed by the loyalty of his Alawite community, Bashar al-Assad has acted ruthlessly to crush dissent in Syria. His brutality has outraged the international community, but that has not deterred Assad. And the worst may lie ahead. Will Assad employ his weapons of mass destruction to quell dissent? And what will happen to his WMD arsenal should—President Obama now says “when”—Assad’s regime collapses?

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TAGGED: Syria, Bashar al-Assad, chemical weapons

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