his own people since he started cracking down on the uprising there more than a year ago. jennifer griffin on fox top story live at the pentagon. jennifer, what do we know about these chemical weapons? well, according to a senior u.s. defense source, jon, u.s. intelligence agencies noticed about a week ago that elements within the syrian regime had transferred some of syrians stockpile of chemical agents. possibly sarah palin nerve gas to saran nerve gas. violence on the rise lately. not clear to this u.s. military source whether the movement of the stockpile was authorized by president bashar assad or whether t was carried out by local commanders within the syrian military, who are frustrated that they cannot suppress the rebellion in homs. the intelligence i m told came from multiple signals intelligence intercepts and raised all sorts of alarm bells here at the pentagon, jon. jon: so if the chemicals are missing, are there any plans for the pentagon to use
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