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January 5, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/06/wsyria06.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/01/06/ixportaltop.html

Assad Defends Syria's Chemical, Biological Weapons

(Telegraph-UK)Syria is entitled to defend itself by acquiring its own chemical and biological deterrent, President Bashar Assad said Monday, coming closer than ever before to admitting that his country possessed stockpiles of WMD. "It is natural for us to look for means to defend ourselves. It is not difficult to get most of these weapons anywhere in the world and they can be obtained at any time," he said. It is the worst kept secret in the Middle East that Damascus has one of the largest stockpiles of chemical agents in the region.

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