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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1112082,00.html
UK Plans to Pressure Syria on Weapons
(Guardian-UK) - Britain is pressing to use the combined weight of the EU's "big three" countries (Britain, France, and Germany) to put pressure on Syria over weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and Iraq. The most obvious goal would be to persuade Syria, facing the threat of U.S. sanctions, to sign up to the chemical weapons convention. Britain and Germany have warned the European Commission that they want stronger language on WMD in the pending EU agreement with Syria. Syria is the last of 12 Arab and Mediterranean states yet to sign an "association agreement" with the EU.