[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, GLOBAL: "Local Opposition in Italy Risks Delaying Syrian Arsenal Destruction"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Local Opposition in Italy Risks Delaying Syrian Arsenal Destruction
Danish Ship to Sail to Italy For Weapons Transfer to US Ship

By Giada Zampano and Naftali Bendavid
Wall Street Journal
January 10, 2014

ROME - Plans to use an Italian port as part of a process to destroy  
Syrian chemical weapons have stumbled over local opposition, raising  
the risk of delaying the U.S.-Russia sponsored project to eradicate a  
trove that includes mustard gas and components of sarin gas.

The opposition in Italy marks the latest chapter in a process plagued  
by safety concerns. The issue of where to destroy Syria's chemical  
weapons has been challenging since experts concluded late last year  
it would be too dangerous to do it in Syria in the midst of a civil  
war there.

The first consignment of chemicals was loaded on to a Danish ship  
several days ago, and the vessel is waiting for more batches to reach  
the Syrian port of Latakia. The ship will be loaded with 560 metric  
tons of chemicals, including mustard agent and the sarin precursor  
DF. Then the ship should sail to the Italy, where the materials would  
be transferred to a U.S. ship.

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