Searching for weapons of mass destruction is alive and well.
I live by an Army shipping terminal. Whenever the US finds some new
bugaboo in the middle east to throw explosives at we see trucks
hauling explosives driving down the highways. DOT rules mandate that
the trucks be marked, but the long green cylinders would be a dead
giveaway even if that wasn't the case. The trucks are rolling again.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/official-pentagon-team-jordan-syria-crisis#overlay-context=article/magnitude-58-earthquake-hits-costa-rica
BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States has sent troops to Jordan to bolster
its military capabilities in the event Syria's civil war escalates,
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday, reflecting U.S.
concerns about the conflict spilling over allies' borders and about
the security of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal.
Speaking at a NATO conference of defense ministers, Panetta said the
U.S. has been working with Jordan to monitor chemical and biological
weapons sites in Syria and also to help Jordan deal with refugees
pouring over the border from Syria.
About 150 U.S. troops, largely Army special operations forces, are
working out of a military center near Amman, two senior defense
officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to speak publicly about the mission. The troops have moved
back and forth to the Syrian border as part of their work, which is
joint planning and intelligence gathering, one official said.
Steven Bucci, an expert in chemical weapons at the Heritage
Foundation, has told Congress there might be as many as 50 chemical
weapons sites. He said in an interview Wednesday that Syria's
stockpile is potentially "like a gift from God" for militants since
they don't have the know-how to assemble such weapons, while some of
Syria's chemical agents are believed to have already been fitted into
missile warheads.