WMD Sighting?

Steve, at VodkaPundit posts that Syrian special forces have used chemical weapons against the Black-African population of Darfur.

Captain Ed, at Captain's Quarters is also on this story posting that today's edition of the German paper Die Welt will publish allegations that Syria used chemical weapons in Darfur. In an update, Captain Ed posted a translation of the Die Welt article by a CQ reader:

According to the documents of western intelligence agencies in possession of die Welt, Syrian officers met in May of this year with representatives of the Sudanese army in a suburb of Khartoum. Their conversations dealt with how to expand military cooperation. According to intelligence information, the Syrian delegation offered Sudan closer cooperation with respect to chemical warfare. According to the sources, it was suggested that the effects of chemical weapons be investigated on rebels of the Sudan People's Libaration Army (SPLA). Because Khartoum was engaged in peace negotiations with the rebels in May, the Sudanese delegation apparently recommended testing the weapons on the black African population. To that end, at least five airplanes of the Syrian civilian airline Syrian Arab Airlines flew from Damascus to Khartoum, carrying specialists from the Syrian academy for chemical warfare with technical equipment on board.

Netherlands' Expatica reports that Berlin questions the chemical weapons report in Dafur:

German intelligence sources said Wednesday they had no information which could confirm a report claiming Syria had tested chemical weapons in cooperation with the government of Sudan on black Africans in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.

Germany's Die Welt newspaper - citing "Western intelligence reports" - said dozens of people were killed in the tests carried out from last May.

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"We find the details very surprising and would have evaluated them differently," said a German intelligence source speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Asked to comment on the report a spokesman for Syria's embassy in Berlin said: "We have nothing to say on this - the newspaper can write whatever it wants." He refused any further comment.

The U.S. embassy in Berlin also declined to comment on the story, saying there would probably be a response in Washington later Wednesday.

There is going to be more to this story.

At Rantingprofs, Cori Dauber posts that the press should be screaming about this.