WMD Scientists in Syria; Next to Iran?

Sunday's Daily Telegraph is reporting that Syrian president Bashir al-Asad has harbored "about 12" mid-level Iraqi nuclear scientists and their families since before the fall of Saddam's regime. They were sent to Iraq and now Asad believes they've become a liability in his effort to dodge American wrath for his failure to stop terrorists from crossing the Syrian border into Iraq, where they attack Coalition and Iraqi forces.

According to the Telegraph:

"The Iraqis, who brought with them CDs crammed with research data on Saddam's nuclear programme, were given new identities, including Syrian citizenship papers and falsified birth, education and health certificates. Since then they have been hidden away at a secret Syrian military installation where they have been conducting research on behalf of their hosts.

"Growing political concern in Washington about Syria's undeclared weapons of mass destruction programmes, however, has prompted President Asad to reconsider harbouring the Iraqis."

"American intelligence officials are concerned that Syria is secretly working on a number of WMD programmes.

"They have also uncovered evidence that Damascus has acquired a number of gas centrifuges - probably from North Korea - that can be used to enrich uranium for a nuclear bomb."

And: "Under the terms of the deal President Asad offered the Iranians, the Iraqi scientists and their families would be transferred to Teheran together with a small amount of essential materials. The Iraqi team would then assist Iranian scientists to develop a nuclear weapon.

"Apart from paying the relocation expenses, President Asad also wants the Iranians to agree to share the results of their atomic weapons research with Damascus."

A nuclear Syria, a nuclear Iran? This collusion cannot stand. And with the help of Iraqi nuclear scientists -- creatures the left in America deems mythical?

Find the scientists and bring them to justice, either via trial or through giving them jobs and new identities in the West. I don't know enough about their plight, their guilt, or their levels of expertise to say what would work best, but they can't be allowed to sell their knowledge to the highest bidder, especially in Teheran or Damascus.