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| Security Boosted at Chemical Weapons Depot | |
| 2006-01-25 | |
| WHITE HALL, Ark. (AP) -- The Army stepped up security at the Pine Bluff Arsenal, where chemical weapons are stored, after three people entered a restricted zone, officials said Wednesday. The measures were a precaution after the intrusion at what is known as the Bond Road Exclusion area, part of a forested federal preserve 30 miles south of Little Rock. Officials didn't know what the three people were doing there, spokeswoman Cheryl Avery said. "We are still assessing the situation," Avery said. She didn't say when the people entered the property or if they had left.
The Pine Bluff Arsenal stores 12 percent of the military's chemical weapons, which include nerve gas and mustard gas. It is the nation's second largest stockpile. The materials are being incinerated, and officials have said that will take about five years to complete. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 I think Pine Bluff is where Clinton stored the ultimate weapon..... Suicide Overalls. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-01-25 20:13 |
| #8 Guys looking for a place to plant pot. Not locals totally without a clue. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2006-01-25 19:58 |
| #7 Jack Bauer will be there within the hour. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2006-01-25 15:56 |
| #6 It's possible Cheryl is dumb or lazy. More likely tho is that this is being investigated pretty aggressively and they aren't saying ANYTHING that might tip people off. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-01-25 12:17 |
| #5 "Well Glenn, I ain't lost damit! Says here we're still in Area 19, but that deer you shot ain't followin a map. It's gittin late, what you say we have a snort of that Jack and just hold up here in this ole bunker till morning.....?" |
| Posted by: TheDeerHunters 2006-01-25 10:51 |
| #4 Looks like Cheryl should be taken off phone duty. These sites are hardened and Mouse is right, getting in would be one thing, Getting out alive is an all together different story. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-01-25 10:43 |
| #3 When thinking of impossibly hard targets, attacking Pine Bluff Arsenal rates right up there with busting Fort Knox. I don't even know where to begin listing how stupid and impossible that would be. Getting through several high-security fences, past an s-load of killer "Ken" androids, blowing open an underground storage facility door, just so you can steal a few leaky storage containers; which you then have to get out without getting contaminated, shot, shot some more, and through those fences again before every armed soldier and policeman in 200 miles bears down on your ass. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-01-25 10:37 |
| #2 and she is off today and tomorrow as well by the way And Friday the office will be closed for training... |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-01-25 10:31 |
| #1 Cheryl is on flex-time and had to leave before all of the reporting came in, and she is off today and tomorrow as well by the way... (compensatory time of course). |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-01-25 10:23 |