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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Turkeys foreign minister said Saturday that their countries are creating a formal structure to plan for worst-case scenarios in Syria,including a possible chemical weapons attack on regime opponents.
Clinton and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said their nations would set up a working group to respond to the crisis in Syria as conditions there deteriorate. They said the group will coordinate military,intelligence and political responses to the potential fallout in the case of a chemical attack,which would result in medical emergencies and a likely rise in the number of refugees fleeing Syria.
We have been closely coordinating over the course of this conflict,but now we need to get into the real details of such operational planning. It needs to be across both of our governments, Clinton said.
Meanwhile,rebels detonated two bombs and clashed with police in central Damascus Saturday in attacks that caused no damage but highlighted the ability of rebels to breach the intense security near President Bashar Assad’s power bases.
