THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Officials say there's no way of knowing if an international team is being deliberately targeted as it works to get rid of Syria's chemical weapons.

In recent days, car bombs and mortars have exploded close to the Damascus hotel where the inspectors are staying.

A senior official at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says the team is almost half done making Syria's chemical weapon production facilities inoperable.

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