The inspectors in Syria have missed a crucial deadline. They
were supposed to go in and check on the schedule of destruction of chemical
weapons that Syria was suppose to be compiling with. However, this deadline was
missed by the international inspectors while going for a scheduled visit to
Syria. They were unable to access the areas due to security concerns.
“The chief of the global chemical weapons watchdog disclosed for the
first time in a report obtained by The Associated Press that Syria has declared
41 facilities at 23 chemical sites where it stored approximately 1,300 tons of
precursors and agents, and over 1,200 unfilled munitions to deliver them.”
It is hard to really know what is going on in a country like
Syria. It is in the middle of a civil war and people from both sides report
things that everyone has to take with a grain of salt. There are vague reports
and understandings of what really is happening. This is true for their count of
chemical weapons which is why the international inspectors have to go into the
country in the first place.
I
think that it is interesting they announce their deadlines publicly- via media.
I would suspect that this would have some implications to their security and to
the stockpile of weapons Syria might have. There may be some that are hidden
when these inspectors come in and people know when they will be in the
country-causing targeting to become much easier.
How
does this effect the international community as a whole in a political way?
Maybe
that is just me, but what do you think about this?
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