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PENTAGON REPORT REVISITS TRANSPORTATION
OF DEADLY CHEM WEAPONS TO HASTEN
DISPOSAL EFFORT


Posted July 2, 2008


CWWG DIRECTOR RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

Posted May 12, 2008


EKU President Charles Whitlock (left) presents Honorary Doctorate of Humanities to Craig Williams May 10th at the Afternoon Commencement Ceremony


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Recent (April 1, 2008 to present) News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal

Archive of Articles Posted 02/01 thru 03/08

Links posted July 7, 2008

Salt Lake Tribune

07/05/08 Editorial "Give it up: Utah won't accept more chemical weapons"

Anniston Star

07/05/08  Editorial "Which deal to honor? The incinerator agreement"

Prensa Latina

07/03/08 "US Public Fears Weapon Transport"

The Morning News

07/05/08 "Arsenal May Get More Weapons"

The Australian

07/07/08 "Answers sought over nerve gas plan"

New Zealand Herald

07/07/08 "US planned nerve gas attack on Australian troops"

Strategy Page

07/07/08 "US 'planned to test nerve gas on diggers'"


Links posted July 4, 2008

Anniston Star

07/03/08  "Officials, activists blast plan to bring more chemical weapons to Anniston"

07/04/08  "Officials say bringing chemical weapons to Anniston unlikely"

Defense Environment Alert

06/24/08  "Colorado Orders DOD to Meet Enforceable 2017 Chem Demil Deadline"

06/24/08  "Army Plans Overhaul of Buried Chemical Weapons Disposal"

Las Vegas Sun

07/03/08 Editorial  "Nation's worst polluters: Pentagon officials defy EPA and refuse to clean up contaminating military bases"


Links posted July 3, 2008

Salt Lake Tribune

07/03/08  "Is Utah a pawn in Pentagon chem weapons transport gambit?"

07/03/08  "Critics say Pentagon admits neutralization works"

KSL TV-5

07/02/08  "Pentagon proposal would bring more chemical weapons to Utah"

Lexington Herald-Leader

07/03/08  "Depot weapons options weighed"

Richmond Register

07/03/08  "Report: Weapons can't be destroyed by 2017"

Pueblo Chieftain

07/03/08  "Officials hear chem demil plan options"

Birmingham News

07/03/08  "Army again considers transporting chemical weapons; proposal would include shipping arms from Kentucky to Anniston"

FOX-6

07/02/08  "Alabama Senator Attempts to Keep Chemical Weapons Away"

Arkansas Democrat Gazette

07/03/08  "PB Arsenal to get more to destroy?"

Oregon Public Broadcasting

07/02/08  "Report Lists Moving More Chemical Weaons to Umatilla As Option"

Red Orbit

07/02/08  "Weapons Destruction Will Miss Deadline"

St. Helena Star

07/03/08  "Thompson veterans bill prompts hearing"


Links posted July 2, 2008

USA Today

07/02/08  "Chemical weapons' transport plan draws fire"

Democracy Now

07/02/08  "Pentagon Criticized for Plan to Move Chem Weapons"

United Press International

07/02/08  "Chemical weapons transport plan decried"

Lexington Herald-Leader

07/02/08  "Report: Consider moving chemical weapons to accelerate destruction"

Anniston Star

07/02/08  "Newspaper says Army considering plan to ship chemical weapons to Anniston"

All Headline News

07/02/08  "U.S. Air Force Calls For Tighter Security At European Nuclear Weapons Storage Sites" (Scroll to second paragraph.)

East Oregonian

07/01/08  "Grass fire at depot not a threat"

06/30/08  "Depot finishes off 155 mm VX artillery projectiles"


Links posted June 26, 2008

Red Orbit

06/26/08  "ADEM Cites Violations at Depot"


Links posted June 24, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

06/21/08  "State sets own deadline for mustard destruction"

Anniston Star

06/24/08  Speak Out "Chemical destruction"

06/18/08  Speaker's Stand "Avoid the retreatist mindset"

06/09/08  Editorial "Completing the mission: The county, the incinerator"

The Morning News

06/23/08  "Pine Bluff Arsenal Completes Destruction Of Nerve Agent"

Associated Press

06/23/08  "Ark. military arsenal finishes weapons destruction"


Links posted June 20, 2008

Tri-City Herald

06/20/08  "Oregon to allow Army to burn waste at depot"

Oregon Public Broadcasting

06/19/08  "Umatilla Chemical Depot Can Burn Secondary Waste Again"

Associated Press

06/20/08  "Oregon OKs burning waste of nerve weapon disposal"

06/19/08  "Low approval rate for vets' chemical tests claims"


Links posted June 19, 2008

Common Dreams News Center

06/18/08  "Commission to Decide on Chemical Incineration Issues Tomorrow"

Associated Press

06/19/08  "Ore. to consider risks of weapons incinerator"

06/18/08  "Colo orders speedup of destruction of mustard gas"

Technology Review

06/19/08  "Smarter, Faster Nano Sensor"


Links posted June 17, 2008

International Herald Tribune

06/17/08  "Russia opens 4th chemical weapons destruction plant"

Associated Press

06/16/08  "Wildlife Refuge At Arsenal Is Back Open"


Links posted June 16, 2008

Deseret News

06/16/08 Editorial  "Test-vets deserve care"

Reuters

06/16/08  "Russia steps up destruction of chemical weapons"


Links posted June 13, 2008

Associated Press

06/13/08  "Ala. chemical weapons worker dies of heart attack"

Richmond Register

06/12/08  "Enhanced nerve gas monitoring, warning sought"


Links posted June 12, 2008

Anniston Star

06/12/08  "Chemical weapons incinerator employee dies on job"

Associated Press

06/12/08  "Veterans press for info on 1960s chemical tests"

RF Design

06/11/08  "Super-sensitive and small, detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases"

Environmental Protection

06/12/08  "Colorado Settles Rocky Mountain Arsenal Suit"


Links posted June 10, 2008

Environment News Service

06/09/08  "Waste Company Would Import Mexican PCBs to Burn in Texas"

Deutsche Welle

06/10/08  "Germany to Help Russia Destroy Chemical Weapon Stockpile"


Links posted June 5, 2008

Gather

06/04/08  "What you don't know can kill you: The sheep incident"

Associated Press

06/05/08  "Army: US chemical weapons incineration on track"


Links posted June 3, 2008

RIA Novosti

06/03/08  "Russia destroys over 25% of its chemical weapons"


Links posted May 30, 2008

Adnkronos International

05/30/08  "Chemical arms: Watchdog wants states to reveal WWII dumps"

Legal Newsline

05/30/08  "Shell Oil, Army to give Colorado $35 million for clean-up"

Associated Press

05/29/08  "Umatilla, Ore. weapons disposal to resume in June"

Defense Environment Alert

05/27/08  "EPA, State Probe PCB Risks From Heat Treatment At Army Ammunition Site"


Links posted May 28, 2008

Birmingham News

05/24/08  "Army completes destruction of VX-loaded shells in Anniston"

Lake County News

05/26/08  "Searching for Project SHAD: Vet's efforts lead to investigation, legislation"


Links posted May 22, 2008

CBC News

05/22/08  "Taming toxic waste"

Associated Press

05/21/08  "Nerve agent destruction passes 90 percent mark"

KOAA News First

05/21/08  "Pueblo Chemical Depot builds new plant to neutralize chemical weapons"


Links posted May 20, 2008

Tri-City Herald

05/19/08  "Mustard agent vapors detected at depot"


Links posted May 19, 2008

East Oregonian

05/16/08  "Smoke incident halts nerve agent disposal"

05/16/08  "Facility closing on goal"


Links posted May 15, 2008

Associated Press

05/14/08  "Blocked pipes blamed for Oregon weapons depot smoke"

Tri-City Herald

05/14/08  "Problem shuts down chemical weapons incinerator"

OMB Watch

05/13/08  "EPA Official Forced Out for Being Effective"


Links posted May 14, 2008

EKU News Center

05/13/08  "Spring Commencement Honors 1694 Graduates"

China View

05/13/08  "China hopes to destroy Japanese abandoned chemical weapons soon"

The China Post

05/14/08  "5 company officials held in Japan over arms scandal"


Links posted May 12, 2008

Richmond Register

05/10/08  "Eastern graduates 1,694"


Links posted May 7, 2008

Arms Control Today

05/08  "CWC Review Conference Avoids Difficult Issues"

People's Daily Online

05/07/08  "Regional meeting on chemical weapons begins in Equador"

China View

05/05708  "Most UN member states have reported on moves to keep WMDs from terrorists"

San Francisco Chronicle

05/07/08 Opinion  "Who is the biggest hawk?"


Links posted May 5, 2008

Times-Standard

05/02/08  "Bill would help vets exposed to toxic tests"

Daily Democrat Online

05/02/08  "Bill focuses on U.S. Cold War tests"

Richmond Register

05/05/08  "EKU commencement ceremonies May 10th"

Associated Press

05/05/08  "Pine Bluff Arsenal destroys first VX-filled landmine"


Links posted April 29, 2008

Salt Lake Tribune

04/25/08  "Workers to get $4.2 million for owed overtime pay"

Richmond Register

04/28/08  "Helping the watchdog"

Daily Yomiuri Online

04/29/08  "Chemical arms leave toxic legacy/Disposing of weapons abandoned in China has created new problems"

United Press International

04/28/08  "U.N. extends non-proliferation mandate"


Links posted April 24, 2008

Daily Yomiuri Online

04/24/08  "4 arrested over China arms disposal projects"

04/24/08   Editorial "Transparency essential for arms disposal project"

04/24/08  "China project hit for opaque management, exorbitant costs"


Links posted April 23, 2008

Associated Press

04/23/08  "4 arrested in scandal over Japan's removal of WWII chemical weapons in China"

Montana Kaimin

04/23/08  "Continual violence at Palestine's doorstep"


Links posted April 21, 2008

Defense Environment Alert

04/15/08  "Potential 2012 CWC Deadline Breach May Force Special Session"

Agence France-Presse

04/20/08  "World shifts chemical disarmament focus onto rogue attackers"

04/19/08  "New 2012 deadline set to rid world of chemical weapons"


Links posted April 16, 2008

Chemical & Engineering News

03/24/08  "Destroying VX"


Links posted April 15, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

04/14/08  "Chem demil projects get under way"

Honolulu Star Bulletin

04/15/08  "Safe disposal planned for munitions"

04/09/08  "Ordnance set for destruction at Schofield"

Honolulu Advertiser

04/15/08  "Army begins destruction of 71 chemical weapons"

04/09/08  "Army destroying old chemical munitions"

The Hornsby Advocate

04/09/08  "Guinea pigs tell a testing tale"

Science Daily

04/11/08  "Safe 'Green' Decontamination Method Detoxifies Nerve Agents In Chemical Weapons And Pesticides"


Links posted April 7, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

04/04/08  "Plan to destroy sarin is lagging"

Charleston Post & Courier

04/07/08  Editorial "Gulf War Syndrome revisited"

Deseret Morning News

04/06/08  "Mobile lab moving from desert"

South African Times

04/05/08  "Chemical weapons mission to be redefined"


Links posted April 4, 2008

Reuters: Africa

04/04/08  "New global push sought to scrap chemical weapons"

Associated Press

04/04/08  "AP Interview: N. Korea's chemical disarmament should be separated from nuclear issue"



Links to News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal
Posted February 2001 thru March 31, 2008
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