Re: [CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, GLOBAL: "Syria has dumped more than 80% of chemical stockpiles"

On Apr 23, 2014, at 8:07 AM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

Syria has dumped more than 80% of chemical stockpiles

By Hannah Allam
McClatchy DC
April 22, 2014

Syria turned over another batch of raw materials and has now disposed of more than 86 percent of its chemical arsenal, according to a statement Tuesday from the agency overseeing the mammoth project to remove Syria's chemical weapons in accordance with a U.S.-Russian-brokered deal.

Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said in a statement that the materials were delivered to ships at the main port of Latakia and from there were taken to an offshore U.S. ship. The OPCW monitors the neutralizing and disposal process from the vessel.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki repeated the OPCW's figure of 86 percent at the midday briefing.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/04/22/225190/syria-has-dumped-more-than-80.html

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Lenny Siegel
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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

<lsiegel@cpeo.org>

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