Syria 'has loaded chemical weapons into bombs' NBC News quoted an unnamed US official as saying there was evidence that the bombs, loaded with the chemical weapon, could be dropped on the Syrian people from fighter planes once president Basah al-Assad gives the order. The official told NBC News that the chemicals had now been put into bombs, although the bombs had not been loaded onto planes and Mr Assad had not ordered them to be used. Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has reiterated that Mr Assad would be crossing "a red line" if he used chemical weapons against his people.