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| Libya Ratifies Nuclear Test Ban Treaty |
| 2004-01-14 |
| Libya has ratified the nuclear test ban treaty, an U.N. agency said Wednesday, less than three weeks after the North African country publicly renounced its weapons of mass destruction. Libya’s nuclear program was nowhere near producing a weapon. Still, the announcement by the U.N. agency overseeing the agreement appeared to be a further sign of commitment by Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi to give up nuclear weapons activities. The Vienna-based agency - known as the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Organization - said in a statement that in ratifying the pact, Libya agreed to host a monitoring station at Misratah. That would be part of a network of 337 stations being set up to verify compliance with terms of the treaty. Impressive. Q-man took a significant step here. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Sometimes I wonder if Col. Q's number 1 petro geologist might have said something...., like "Uh boss? Seems someone miscalculated, mistakes were made... we got about 6 months of oil left." |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-14 3:42:06 PM |
| #2 Nonsense. Clinton & Madcow Albright solved the NKor problem. Bush went & messed it all up by complainig about some irrelevant secret program. |
| Posted by: Anonynony nah nah 2004-1-14 12:15:18 PM |
| #1 I'm surprised that they hadn't ratified the treaty long ago. NK has demonstrated that you sign the treaty, cheat on the requirements, unsign the treaty once you get caught, and demand huge sums of tribute before you will agree to sign the worthless treaty again. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-14 11:28:16 AM |