The U.S. and its allies are closely monitoring Syria#8217;s stockpiles of chemical arms and portable anti-aircraft missiles, a State Department official says, amid concerns that the country#8217;s unconventional weapons could fall into the hands of terrorist or militant groups while the 11-month-old uprising continues. #8220;Syria is a country of... Read More
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Leon E. Panetta announced a date for the end of the American combat role in Afghanistan; NATO played down a leaked internal report on collaboration between the Afghan government, the Taliban and Pakistan; Pakistan revealed an anthrax plot; and a NATO solider was killed by a man in an Afghan Army uniform.
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Bomb squad is called to offices of Sheriff Joe Arpaio after an envelope claiming to contain anthrax is found
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The interim manager overseeing the destruction of chemical weapons in Colorado and Kentucky has been named the permanent manager.
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By Kristen Moulton
The Salt Lake Tribune
Published Jan 22, 2012 06:06PM MDT
A veteran of the Korean War and three terms in the Utah House, David Ostler is relieved that the longest campaign of his life — the destruction of nasty chemical weapons stored in Utah’s desert for decades — is over.
Workers at the Tooele Chemical Agen... Read More
By Kristen Moulton
The Salt Lake Tribune
Published Jan 22, 2012 03:48PM MDT
A veteran of the Korean War and three terms in the Utah House, David Ostler is relieved that the longest campaign of his life — the destruction of nasty chemical weapons stored in Utah’s desert for decades — is over.
Workers at the Tooele Chemical Agen... Read More
By Kristen Moulton
The Salt Lake Tribune
Published Jan 21, 2012 11:33AM MDT
A chapter in Utah’s history as a dumping ground for nasty chemical weapons came to a close early Saturday morning.
At 4:29 a.m., workers at Deseret Chemical Depot finished incinerating the last of the 13,600 tons of chemical agent that had been stored in m... Read More
In a story Jan. 20 about chemical weapons in Libya, The Associated Press, relying on incorrect information provided by a spokesman for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, erroneously reported that artillery shells inspected by the organization in Libya were not loaded with chemical agent. The shells were loaded.
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International inspectors have confirmed that late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi had an undeclared stockpile of chemical weapons, the organization that oversees a global ban on such armaments announced Friday.
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A senior member of the doomsday cult behind the 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways has been charged in a kidnapping case, one of dozens of cult-related crimes in the 1990s.
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