Report: Syria has loaded nerve gas into bombs

“NBC News reports that Syria’s military has loaded nerve-gas chemicals into bombs and is awaiting final orders from President Bashar Assad. U.S. officials confirmed Wednesday to NBC that bombs had been filled with precursors for deadly sarin but that they had yet been loaded onto planes. Fox News cites a senior U.S. official as saying the bombs must be used within 60 days or the chemical expires and must be destroyed. At least three Syrian facilities produce chemical weapons, according to Global Security. They are located near Damascus, Hama, and Safira, near Aleppo, the heart of the opposition.”

Wikipedia explains that sarin gas “is estimated to be over 500 times more toxic than cyanide. Sarin has a high volatility relative to similar nerve agents. Inhalation and absorption through the skin pose a great threat. Even vapor concentrations immediately penetrate the skin. People who absorb a non-lethal dose but do not receive immediate appropriate medical treatment may suffer permanent neurological damage. Even at very low concentrations, sarin can be fatal. Death may follow in one minute after direct ingestion of a lethal dose…”

NPR: “Activists Tell Damascus Residents To Prepare For The ‘Zero Hour‘ “
“With increased fighting in and around Damascus in recent weeks, Syrian activists have posted a video that calls on residents of the capital to prepare for what they say is a looming collapse of President Bashar Assad’s regime. The YouTube video, called “Zero Hour, Your Final Chance,” promises an imminent battle in Damascus aimed at ousting Assad. It is filled with instructions on what to do to prepare for and survive such a battle.”

Pray, people. Isaiah 17 says Damascus will be destroyed and the cities of Aroer will be a wasteland. Will desperate dictator Assad, who reportedly is looking for an escape country to flee to in South America, lay Damascus to waste in an attitude of ‘if I can’t have it no one will have it’? Or will the rebels mishandle the weaponry and loose devastation upon the city themselves? Or will Israel finally go ahead and raze Damascus’s chemical sites as they have been itching to do for two months? Will the US go in and take Syria?

It is devastatingly unsettling times.