PREVIEW: CHEMICAL WEAPONS: SYRIA: Colleague Andrea Stricker of FDD comments on the need for the IDF to work with the OPCW inspectors to make certain chemical weapon arsenals have been completely destroyed. More tonight.
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🗓️ 12 December 2024
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| 0:28.4 | listening. Terms apply. This is John Bachelor. Chemical weapons, conversation with my colleague |
| 0:36.6 | Andrea Stricker of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, |
| 0:41.0 | who works in the nonproliferation team. |
| 0:44.1 | We're looking at Syria and chemical weapons. |
| 0:47.3 | The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, has the authority to inspect if given permission by the state. |
| 0:56.9 | The state of Syria no longer exists. |
| 0:59.5 | Andrea here introduces one particular concern, a detail where there was evidence of chemical |
| 1:07.3 | weapons being used or used to be tested. |
| 1:11.4 | The IAF, Israeli Air Force, has been striking |
| 1:14.9 | what is known of the arsenals of chemical weapons in these many days. |
| 1:20.8 | However, there's more detail that's necessary |
| 1:24.1 | in order to make sure things were destroyed completely. |
| 1:29.0 | We do have jihadists on the scene who have been known to use chemical weapons in the past. |
| 1:35.8 | Is Andrew Stricker to explain coordination between the Israelis, the OPCW, and the inspectors on the ground? |
| 1:44.6 | More of this later tonight. |
| 1:47.5 | Well, the OPCW has been in and out of Syria over the year since 2013. |
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