Iraq May Have Shifted Weapons to Syria

Iraq May Have Shifted Weapons to Syria

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Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel believes -- but is not yet certain -- that Iraq transferred chemical and biological weapons to Syria to conceal them from U.N. weapons inspectors, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Tuesday.

In an interview with Channel 2 TV Sharon said, "We have such information. We believe -- and have not yet finally verified -- that chemical biological weapons (Saddam Hussein) wanted to hide, were indeed transferred to Syria."

Acting on a new U.S.-drafted U.N. resolution, weapons inspectors earlier this month resumed their search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq interrupted in 1998.

Sharon gave no further details, but added that Israel is now "acting to verify these reports."

Former chief of Military Intelligence, Amos Malka, said in the same broadcast that Saddam Hussein's desire to take such a step had been exposed in the past.

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