The key criticism leveled against President Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq is that no WMDs were found. Some nerve gas was found as were ready-to-go biological warfare labs, but no nukes or CBW in any quantity. I have never accepted that criticism.
Prior to the war, every Western intelligence service was convinced that Saddam had WMDs. Rumors have persisted that shortly before the war the WMDs were moved to Syria (also run by the same Baathist party as Saddam) with the active help of the Russians. Here is an article based on satellite photos recently run by the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz showing mysterious underground facilities in northwestern Syria. Allegedly, a "Western intelligence agency" has tasked its spy satellites to photograph this area "at least" 16 times, which if true indicates a fairly high level of interest by somebody with high-level credentials. Reports immediately after Gulf War II by high-level Iraqis indicated that Iraqi WMDs were taken to this very area.
pajamasmedia.com/blog/satellite-photos-support-testimony-that-iraqi-wmd-went-to-syria/
Israel also struck Syria in 2007 with an air attack that all sides have remained mysteriously tight-lipped about, even 3 years later. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mystery-deepens-over-israeli-strike-on-syria-402395.html It is not unreasonable to believe that Syria got its hand caught in the WMD cookie jar and the Israelis had the goods on them. Whether these were the weapons shipped to Syria from Iraq or new ones provided by the North Koreans is impossible to tell.
Who has them; who doesn't? It would certainly be interesting to know if there has been a continuing presence of Russian personnel in northwest Syria. It's an out-of-the way area that would not normally attract vacationing Russians. All we can know for certain, though, is that the Middle East remains a snake pit and WMDs are on every viper's wish list.
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