Re: [CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, FUDS: Spring Valley (DC) burial pit

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[A more detailed article. - LS]

Unearthed jugs might point to larger arms cache


By Christopher Cottrell
American University Eagle (DC)
January 31, 2010

The Army Corps of Engineers unearthed three broken glass jugs on Monday, 
Jan. 25 at their "Pit 3" investigation at 4825 Glenbrook Rd. N.W., a 
Corps spokesman told The Eagle.

The find has generated questions as to whether a long sought-after 
munitions cache, known as the "Sgt. Maurer burial pit," has finally been 
located.

An environmental specialist for the District Department of the 
Environment's Toxic Substance division, Dr. Richard Albright, told The 
Eagle that rumors of the munitions cache have been based on aerial 
photography and World War I-era photos depicting Army Sergeant C. W. 
Maurer standing amid approximately 30 glass jugs similar to the ones 
found last Monday and possibly filled with the chemical agent mustard.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theeagleonline.com/news/story/unearthed-jugs-might-point-to-larger-arms-cache

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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