Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Voice of America: Syrian Scud Missiles Seen as Escalation of War

Voice of America
Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
Syrian Scud Missiles Seen as Escalation of War
Dec 19th 2012, 21:43

Syria's recent use of Scud missiles against rebel-held areas has alarmed the West and escalated fears that the Syrian government is inflicting a new stage of terror on its citizens. "It certainly is by definition an escalation because it's a potent weapon that hadn't been used before," said Greg Thielmann, a chemical weapons expert with the Arms Control Association, a private research firm. "Scuds are not particularly accurate fired in an urban context as apparently these were. ...

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com.

If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions

No comments:

Post a Comment