[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, GLOBAL: "Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea: sources"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[I'm getting tired of saying this, but instead of releasing trial  
balloons (such as the one below) to the press those responsible for  
demilitarization should commission a transparent, independent study  
of available technologies. It is "rocket science." - LS]

Syria's chemical weapons may be destroyed at sea: sources

By Anthony Deutsch and Michelle Nichols
Reuters
November 20, 2013

AMSTERDAM/UNITED NATIONS - Syria's chemical weapons could be  
processed and destroyed out at sea, say sources familiar with  
discussions at the international body in charge of eliminating the  
toxic arsenal.

Four days after Albania rejected a U.S. request that it host a  
weapons decommissioning plant, Western diplomats and an official of  
the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at The Hague  
told Reuters the OPCW was studying whether it might carry out the  
work at sea, on a ship or offshore rig.

Confirming the discussion, the OPCW official stressed there had been  
no decision: "The only thing known at this time is that this is  
technically feasible," the official said on Tuesday.

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For the entire article, see
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/20/syria-crisis-chemical- 
idINDEE9AI0G720131120

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