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Syria Loads Chemical Weapons into Bombs; Military Awaits Assad's Order


(NBC News) Jim Miklaszewski and M. Alex Johnson - The Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting final orders from President Bashar Assad, U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday. The military has loaded the precursor chemicals for sarin, a deadly nerve gas, into aerial bombs that could be dropped onto the Syrian people from dozens of fighter-bombers, the officials said.
2012-12-06 00:00:00
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