https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/08/revealed-signs-of-syrian-chemical-weapons-prep-in-november-spurred-global-effort-to-stop-it/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:29:14 -0400<![CDATA[Within hours President Obama was notified, and the alarm grew over the weekend, as the munitions were loaded onto vehicles near Syrian air bases. In briefings, administration officials were told that if Syria’s increasingly desperate president, Bashar al-Assad, ordered the weapons to be used, they could be airborne in less than two hours — too fast for the United States to act, in all likelihood&#8230;]]>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:35:47 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/08/revealed-signs-of-syrian-chemical-weapons-prep-in-november-spurred-global-effort-to-stop-it-n99043