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Sep 10, 2013
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Al-Quds Al-Arabi Editor Abdel Bari Atwan: The Loss of Syrian Chemical Weapons a Loss to the Entire Arab Nation

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Source: Al-Manar TV (Lebanon)

Following are excerpts from an interview with Abdel Bari Atwan, former editor-in-chief of the Al-Quds Al-Arabi daily, which aired on Al-Manar TV on September 10, 2013.


Abdel Bari Atwan: […] The loss of the Syrian chemical weapons will be a loss to the entire Arab nation, because these weapons are the poor man's nuclear bomb. These weapons create some, if not complete, deterrence vis-à-vis Israel, which possesses a huge chemical and nuclear arsenal.


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