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Jordan's King Abdullah: Syrian Chemical Weapons Could Fall into Al-Qaeda Hands


(CNN) Wolf Blitzer - King Abdullah II of Jordan said in an interview broadcast Wednesday: "All the countries in the region and the international community have been looking at [Syria's] weapons of what we call mass destruction, the chemical and biological weapons, as elements of tremendous concern....We can't afford the use of those chemical weapons, obviously on the Syrian people, but also the chemical weapons falling into the wrong hands." "Our information is that there is a presence of al-Qaeda in certain regions inside Syria; has been there for a while. And, again, one of the worst-case scenarios...would be if some of those chemical stockpiles were to fall into unfriendly hands."
2012-07-19 00:00:00
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