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  Syria crisis: Elite Assad troops of 'Unit 450' accused of hiding chemical arsenal
  
  Regime's formal offer to meet terms of weapons treaty could be undermined by alleged activities
  
  of 'Unit 450'
  
  The authenticity of Syria's offer to relinquish its chemical weapons arsenal was being tested today
  
  as the top envoys of Russia and the US, Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry, held a second day of talks
  
  in Geneva aimed at getting the process started.
  
  As the Syrian regime formally asked for technical assistance to help it meet the treaty's obligations,
  
  scepticism about its real intentions was deepened by reports that an elite group fiercely loyal to
  
  President Bashar al-Assad known as Unit 450 has been dispersing his chemical weapons stockpile
  
  to as many as 50 different sites all across the country, just one day after the regime said it would
  
  join the Chemical Weapons Convention. This would present new difficulties in both implementing the
  
  plan now under discussion in Geneva or, were it to fall apart, launching a US bombing campaign
  
  that could be effective.
  
  Full story Independent.

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