There's Almost No Chance Russia's Plan for Syria's Chemical Weapons Will Work -- Yochi Dreazen, The Cable/Foreign Policy
Russia's proposal for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to place his chemical weapons under international supervision and then destroy them is quickly gaining steam. Assad's government accepted the plan this morning. A few hours later, President Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande announced that they'd seriously explore the proposal. It already has the backing of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and a growing number of influential lawmakers from both parties. There's just one problem: the plan would be nearly impossible to actually carry out.
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Securing Syria's arsenal is rife with challenges -- AP
Question of enforcement casts cloud on Syria plan -- AP
How would Syria's chemical weapons handover work? -- NBC
Syria's chemical weapons; decades to build, years to destroy -- Reuters
Securing Syria Toxic Weapons Confronts Months of Hurdles -- Bloomberg
Destroying Syria’s chemical weapons could take years -- MSNBC
Chemical Disarmament Hard Even in Peacetime -- New York Times
Mission impossible? Securing Syria's chemical weapons wouldn't be easy -- CNN
Russia-brokered plan for Syria: If it's approved, can it be verified? -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor
How do you dispose of chemical weapons? -- Kelsey D. Atherton, Salon
Chemical weapons deal may end up strengthening Assad -- Jim Michaels, USA Today
Daunting task of destroying Syria's chemical weapons -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC
How To Destroy Syria’s Chemical Weapons: Pentagon experience shows it won’t likely be cheap or fast -- Mark Thompson, Time