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In an effort to both throw off a potential U.S. bombing campaign and avoid surrendering its stockpile of chemical weapons as Russia has suggested, a secret Syrian military unit has reportedly been scattering reserves of poison gas and munitions in about 50 sites throughout the country. U.S. and Israeli intelligence officials say they are still confident that they know where most of Assad's chemical weapons are stored—but less so than they were earlier this year. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Geneva Thursday for a diplomatic discussion with Russia on ending the Syrian weapons program.