Chemical Weapons

Late Libyan Leader Had Undeclared Stockpile Of Chemical Weapons

AP | By MIKE CORDER | Posted 01.20.2012

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AMSTERDAM -- International inspectors have confirmed that late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi had an undeclared stockpile of chemical weapons, the or...

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Last Chemical Weapons Burned In Utah

AP | By PAUL FOY | Posted 01.19.2012

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STOCKTON, Utah -- Gary McCloskey may have destroyed more chemical weapons than any man alive, but he barely reacted when the final weapons from the wo...

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As Assad Regime Disintegrates, What Will Happen to Its Huge Chemical Weapons Stockpile?

Alan Elsner | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Chemical Weapons, Civil War, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nerve-Gas, Terrorism, Syria, Syria Civil War, Syria Weapons, Syria Human Rights, Syria Violence, Syria Protests, Bashar Al-Assad, World News

As Syria teeters ever closer to civil war, one little-discussed danger concerns the fate of its stockpile of deadly chemical weapons, possibly the largest in the world.

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Officials: Iran May Have Helped Libya With Chemical Weapons

iWatch News | R. Jeffrey Smith, Joby Warrick and Colum Lynch | Posted 11.20.2011

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The Obama administration is investigating whether Iran supplied the Libyan government of Moammar Gadhafi with hundreds of special artillery shells for...

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Inspectors To Track Down Chemical Weapons In Libya

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 01.04.2012

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The organization that oversees the global ban on chemical weapons said Friday it will work with Libya's new rulers to "...

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Libya's Prime Minister Confirms Presence Of Chemical Weapons

AP | Posted 12.30.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya's interim prime minister on Sunday confirmed the presence of chemical weapons in Libya and said foreign inspectors would ...

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Mustard Gas Leak Detected At Pueblo's Army Chemical Depot

Reuters | by Keith Coffman | Posted 10.03.2011

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DENVER (Reuters) - Mustard gas vapors were detected seeping from a chemical weapons depot in southern Colorado on Tuesday, but no one was sickened or ...

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The Lesson the U.S. Is Teaching the World in Libya

Jonathan Schwarz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya, Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Weapons, George W. Bush, Iran, Iraq, Iran Nuclear Program, Barack Obama, Politics News

In all the discussion about the current U.S. bombing of Libya, something important has gone almost unnoticed -- the lesson the United States is teaching the government of every country on earth.

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Egypt's Nuclear Dimension

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a free Egypt transforms itself, analysts are nervously watching for signs of new nuclear ambitions. Why has Egypt never come clean about the full scope of its nuclear activities and experimentation?

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America Can't Wait for Chemical Disaster Prevention

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Instead of fixating on outrage over a mosque in New York, perhaps we should all be more focused on an issue that actually saves lives by protecting millions of Americans who remain at risk from chemical disasters.

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Researchers Develop Material To Minimize Effects Of Chemical, Biological Weapons

The Pitt News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wmd, Chemical Weapons, Richard Koepsel, Pitt News, Pitt, The Northeast, University of Pittsburgh, Polymer, Wmds, Biological Weapons, College News

Pitt researchers have created a material that can neutralize some effects of chemical and biological weapons. Researchers created the material out ...

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Pueblo Chemical Weapons Talks Stall Over Level Of Worker Health Protection

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — State and Army officials say they've reached an impasse in negotiations on monitoring chemical weapons stored outside Pueblo, Colo. Th...

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Fallujah Birth Defects Raise Specter Of U.S. Chemical-Weapons Use In Iraq (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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A large and growing number of Iraqi children are suffering from severe birth defects, as shown in the heartbreaking CNN segment embedded below, and th...

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Army's Botched Deadlines Could Force Arms Depots To Blow Up Chemical Weapons

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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(Scroll Down For Video) RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) -- Under the gun to destroy the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile - and now all but certain to miss their d...

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Why China is Scarier Than Al Queda

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many people's nightmares are taken up entirely with dark, terrorist fantasies. As understandable as this may be, it's also irrational. Terrorism will ...

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Pueblo Arms Destruction: Colorado Citizens Advisory Commission Objects To Some Of Army's Methods

AP | Dan Elliott | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER - An advisory commission mandated by Congress is objecting to the U.S. Army's new plan to use explosives to destroy about 125,000 shells contai...

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North Korea Chemical Weapons Threaten Region: Report

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has several thousand tonnes of chemical weapons it can mount on missiles that could be used on a rapid strike against th...

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