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Syria and weapons of mass destruction

The UN process is working, let the chemical weapon demolition begin

September 27, 2013Global Politics

US leaders were skeptical that the UN Security Council could ever get its act together on Syria’s chemical weapons. Happily, they may have to eat crow.

So How Exactly Do You Rid Syria of Chemical Weapons in the Middle of a Civil War?

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