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Article: Syria introduces Arab-backed resolution for Mideast to be free of weapons of mass destruction, but U.S. has problems
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- April 16, 2003
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Dateline: UNITED NATIONS
Syria asked the U.N. Security Council Wednesday to approve an Arab-
backed resolution calling for the Middle East to be free of all weapons
of mass destruction, but the United States again charged that Syria
was trying to develop such weapons.
The move is aimed at Israel, which the Arabs blame for escalating
U.S. threats against Syria. Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear
weapons though it refuses to confirm or deny having them and is not
a party to the global treaties aimed at controlling the spread of
nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.
Syria's U.N. Ambassador Mikhail Wehbe denied that his country has
any weapons of mass ...