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Syria Submits Partial Chemical Weapons List
http://www.voanews.com/content/syria...t/1753895.html
http://www.lawfareblog.com/2014/01/a.../#.UvDoPrS2-7TDestroying the poisonous chemicals in Syria’s arsenal was always going to be the hardest part and that has proved to be the case. The good news is that only a portion of Syria’s 1,300-ton stockpile is so toxic that it needs to be destroyed in a specialized facility. The rest could be eliminated in much the same way as industrial waste. The highly toxic piece of the stockpile consists of Sulphur Mus and five precursor chemicals (one of which is used to make the nerve agent Sarin; the others that are not identified but are believed to be components of Sarin and/or VX). We don’t know how much of the stockpile consists of these substances, which have been dubbed “priority chemicals” by the OPCW.
Those involved in the venture decided early on that at least some of the priority material would have to be moved out of the country. The goal was enshrined in the U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria and the OPCW Executive Council decision. Both legal instruments were critical; for without them, the chemical weapons would have been stuck in Syria because the Chemical Weapons Convention bans their transfer.
And yet finding a country willing to take the toxic chemicals turned out to be impossible; early candidates Norway and Albania backed out. The U.S. came forward with an innovative solution: priority chemicals would be destroyed at sea aboard an American vessel, the specially-outfitted Cape May, using mobile units developed by the American military. Although there remain concerns about whether the units will work consistently on a ship at sea, the idea is not as outlandish as it might sound. The offshore approach has been taken before, albeit on a smaller scale: in the mid-2000s, Japan destroyed World War II-era bombs found at sea off the port of Kanda.
Here’s where the project has hit a snag. In order to get the priority chemicals onto the Cape May, the Syrians first have to transport them to the northern port of Latakia. The December 31, 2013 deadline for doing so has passed.
Libya’s Cache of Toxic Arms All Destroyed
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/03/world/africa/libyas-cache-of-toxic-arms-all-destroyed.html?_r=0
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Assad complied:
With its latest deadline days away, Syria is close to eliminating its stockpile of chemical weapons, monitors said Tuesday, an improbable accomplishment in the midst of civil war that is likely to diminish further the possibility of international intervention.
After a slow start that prompted U.S. accusations of stalling, the government of President Bashar Assad has shipped almost 90% of its chemical weapons materials out of the country, raising hope that it can finish the job by Sunday.
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