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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Second Chemical Shipment Removed from Syria
2014-01-28
[An Nahar] A second shipment of chemical weapons materials has been removed from Syria under a deal to eliminate its arsenal, the joint U.N. mission overseeing the disarmament said Monday.

"Today, a further shipment of chemical weapons materials took place from the Syrian Arab Republic," the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement.

"The chemical materials were verified by Joint Mission personnel before being loaded in Lattakia port onto Danish and Norwegian cargo vessels for onward transportation."
Posted by:Fred

#1  Hopefully samples have been carefully archived and effective antidotes identified, just in the off chance something nasty might pop up elsewhere.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-01-28 06:44  

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