Disturbing news of the day: Syria has 100 nerve-gas missiles aimed at Israel. (Hat tip: AG in Houston.)

Syria has at least 100 long-range ballistic nerve-gas missiles aimed at central Israel, Jane’s Foreign Affairs reported this week.

A senior Israeli defense source told Foreign Affairs that the missiles are equipped with VX, the most lethal nerve gas, and that the Syrians have now achieved their aim of balancing Israel’s nuclear advantage.

Meanwhile, a senior U.S. official told Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that Syria today is incapable of stopping the activities of terror organizations operating in south Lebanon or the flow of money and military supplies from Iran to the area, Israel Radio reported Thursday morning.

The same source said that the U.S. has detected that Syrian President Bashar Assad is experiencing difficulty in controlling the advisors of his late father, former president Hafez Assad.

I wonder where a chinless ophthalmologist dictator might have gotten VX nerve gas?