Brussels – NATO: Syria May Be Preparing To Use Chemical Arms

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    In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, a boy walks past a bakery damaged from a mortar shell during heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)Brussels – NATO allies expressed “grave” concern on Tuesday about reports that the Syrian government may be preparing to use its chemical weapons, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.

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    The military alliance agreed on Tuesday to deploy Patriot surface-to-air missiles to Turkey to protect it from any spillover of the civil war in neighboring Syria.

    “The NATO ministers unanimously expressed grave concern about reports that the Syrian regime may be considering the use of chemical weapons,” Rasmussen told a news conference. “Any such action would be completely unacceptable and a clear reach of international law.”


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