[CPEO-MEF] Army to search for offshore chemical weapons dumps

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DOD orders Army to find dumpsites
A high-ranking official promises a comprehensive effort to locate 
long-lost chemical weapons.

BY JOHN M.R. BULL
Hampton Roads Daily Press (VA)
December 10, 2005

The military is plowing through old records to find any and all 
information on the Army's ocean dumping of chemical weapons decades ago, 
a high priority effort to determine where they all are located and what 
danger they pose today.

The Army hopes to finish its record search by the end of March, said 
Addison Davis, an assistant secretary of the Army.

"What we're conducting right now is probably the most comprehensive 
search on records ... that has ever been done," he said. "Our goal is to 
compile the best, most comprehensive, up-to-date information possible."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-35327sy0dec10,1,4001879.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

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