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| Libya Discloses Stockpiling Mustard Gas |
| 2004-03-05 |
| Libya acknowledged stockpiling 44,000 pounds of mustard gas and disclosed the location of a production plant in a declaration submitted Friday to the world’s chemical weapons watchdog. Libyan Col. Mohamed Abu Al Huda handed over 14 file cartons disclosing Libya’s chemical weapons programs to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said general director Rogelio Pfirter. Libya also declared thousands of tons of precursors that could be used to make sarin nerve gas, and two storage facilities, Pfirter said. The production and storage facilities were near Tripoli and in the south of the country, Pfirter said. The declaration was a major step in Libya’s eliminating its weapons of mass destruction, which it unexpectedly promised in December, hoping to end its international isolation and restore relations with the United States. Excellent. In addition to cooperating with the OPCW, Libya is also working with inspectors from the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency to eliminate its nuclear weapons programs. After they gave the US all their files and equipment. On Thursday, the White House lifted the ban on Americans traveling to Libya and said it would expand the U.S. diplomatic presence in Tripoli. It also said U.S. companies that were in Libya before the sanctions can begin negotiating their return, pending the end of sanctions. Good doggy, here’s a nice new bone. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 My line but you're welcome. |
| Posted by: john 2004-3-5 12:16:32 PM |
| #2 Snellenr, of course you know that Hans Blix would have found all this mustard gas in a day or so. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-3-5 10:49:37 AM |
| #1 Great news. Now the question is... did our intelligence know where each and every one of those 44,000 lbs of mustard gas was located? How about the nerve gas precursors & storage facilities? If not, then maybe searching for WMD is *difficult* and perhaps there might yet be some that hasn't been found in *Iraq*. |
| Posted by: snellenr 2004-3-5 9:55:55 AM |