(New York Post) - Michael Ledeen According to the Italian newspaper il Foglio, Iraq and Syria signed a joint agreement on nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons in Damascus on Jan. 17. As a sign of good will, Saddam sent Bashar Assad some samples: three CDs with mathematical formulae dealing with nuclear explosions; three test tubes loaded with anthrax and botulinum spores; and detailed analyses of tests carried out with these poisons on human subjects in Iraqi prisons. The secret agreement also provided for the transfer of Iraqi scientists and technicians to Syria. Three microbiologists and a small group of technicians, along with their families, entered Syria in the second half of February, and a top nuclear physicist and members of his team crossed the border early in March. In addition, much of Saddam's supply of weapons of mass destruction was moved to Syria for hiding and safekeeping over the past few months.
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