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Watchdog OPCW says U.S. to destroy Syria chemical weapons stockpile at sea
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/30/watchdog-opcw-says-u-s-to-destroy-syria-chemical-weapons-stockpile-at-sea/
Watchdog OPCW says U.S. to destroy Syria chemical weapons stockpile at sea
By Agence France-Presse
Saturday, November 30, 2013 11:05 EST
The United States will destroy the most dangerous of Syria’s chemical weapon stockpile on a ship at sea, the world’s chemical watchdog said on Saturday.
“The neutralisation operations will be conducted on a US vessel at sea using hydrolysis,” the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said in a statement.
“Currently a suitable naval vessel is undergoing modifications to support the operations and to accommodate verification activities by the OPCW,” The Hague-based watchdog added.
The ship operation will destroy what is known as “priority chemical weapons”, the most dangerous of Syria’s total arsenal and ones that have to be out of the country by December 31 under an international deal agreed to avert military strikes on Damascus.
