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Syria chemical weapons plan poses unprecedented challenge - USA TODAY - William P.J. Lynch Jr.com


Identifying and eliminating Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles while the country is enmeshed in a civil war is an unprecedented challenge, made even riskier by rebel groups who may oppose the effort, analysts say.
“There has never been an effort to disarm an entire country of its chemical weapons during a civil war,” said Gregory Koblentz, a professor at George Mason University who specializes in weapons of mass destruction.
The United States and Russia reached an agreement over the weekend to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons.
In Jerusalem on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry briefed Israeli leaders on the agreement and said military options against Syria were still available. “The threat of force is real, and the Assad regime and all those taking part need to understand that President Obama and the United States are committed to achieve this goal,” he said. ....

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How COVID-19 Prepared the Military for Future Biological Warfare


As the COVID-19 pandemic erupted last spring, entire swaths of society shut down or went remote.
But the vast majority of the military s missions, including air transportation, basic training and ships at sea, couldn t be done through Zoom calls. The services had to improvise and adapt to keep operations going while holding the disease at bay and they were largely successful.
In the process, leaders said, the military has relearned old skills for operating in compromised environments that could come in handy in a future conflict if chemical or biological weapons were used.
As the military concentrated on fighting violent extremists in the Middle East in recent years, chemical and biological threats weren t a pressing threat and the Defense Department largely put those activities on a low simmer, Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, deputy commander of Air Mobility Command, or AMC, said in an April 6 interview. ....

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