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LINKS to News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal:
April 1 to May 31, 2009

Links posted May 29, 2009

RIA Novosti

05/29/09  "Russia opens chemical weapons destruction facility in Siberia"

ISRIA

05/29/09 "US Senator Lugar Record on the Nunn-Lugar Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility (CWDF) at Shchuchye"

Louisville Courier-Journal

05/29/09 Op-Ed "Making progress at the Blue Grass Army Depot"


Links posted May 27, 2009

Associated Press

05/26/09 "Ky. chemical weapons site reports 2 minor leaks"

New York Times

05/26/09 "In Siberia, the Death Knell of a Complex Holding a Deadly Stockpile"

Zambia News

05/22/09 "Israeli human rights group wants napalm-like weapon banned"


Links posted May 26, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

05/24/09 Op-Ed "At long last, Defense Dept. moving ahead at depot"

Howie Politics Indiana

05/23/09 "Lugar Heads to Russia for WMD Milestone Next Week"


Links posted May 22, 2009

Anniston Star

05/22/09 Op-Ed "Dumb, poor and oblivious in Alabama"

Global Security Newswire

05/21/09 "Arkansas Backs Plan for Faster Mustard Agent Destruction"


Links posted May 21, 2009

KAIT-8 TV

05/20/09 "Arsenal OK'd for greater mustard gas destruction"

Global Security Newswire

05/20/09 "Pentagon Looks to Destroy 90% of Chemical Stockpile by Treaty Deadline"
05/20/09 "Army Adjusts Chemical Weapon Disposal Tracking Following Internal Criticism"


Links posted May 19, 2009

Hermiston Herald

05/13/09 "Depot worker claims mustard exposure"
05/13/09 "Ex-Depot guard calls security flimsy"

Defense Environment Alert

05/12/09 "As Expected, DOD FY10 Budget Request Boosts ACWA Funding"
05/12/09 "Army Responds to Auditors' Challenge on Chemical Weapons Records"


Links posted May 18, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

05/17/09 Editorial "Refusal to burn weapons looking smarter all the time"

Pueblo Chieftain

05/17/09 Editorial "Getting it done"


Links posted May 15, 2009

Pueblo Chieftain

05/14/09 "Chemical waste to be treated here"

Denver Daily News

05/14/09 "Weapons destruction coming soon?"

Global Security Newswire

05/14/09 "Pueblo Chemical Weapons Disposal Waste to Be Treated at Depot"

Lexington Herald-Leader

05/15/09 "Weapons at Depot now last to go"

Louisville Courier-Journal

04/15/09 "Blue Grass Army Depot to miss 2017 weapons disposal deadline"

Salt Lake Tribune

05/14/09 "Utah gets closer to eliminating huge chemical-weapon stash"


Links posted May 7, 2009

Pueblo Chieftain

05/07/09 "Army pushes for demil money"

Lexington Herald-Leader

05/07/09 "Pentagon accelerates schedule for weapons disposal at Blue Grass"

Richmond Register

05/07/09 "Pentagon requests $550M for weapons destruction"

WTVQ-36 Action News

05/06/09 "Chemical Weapons in Richmond"

Defense Environment Alert

04/28/09 "DOD Pushing for Funding Boost to Speed Chemical Demilitarization"
04/28/09 "New Disposal Method May Influence Oregon Chemical Weapons Case"

United Press International

05/06/09 "Pentagon accelerates schedule for weapons disposal at Blue Grass"

Washington Times

05/06/09 "Corps cleanup watched closely"


Links posted May 6, 2009

USA Today

05/06/09 "Chemical weapons on fast track"


Links posted May 5, 2009

Pueblo Chieftain

05/01/09 "State: Chemical weapon checks are insufficient"

Denver Post

05/05/09 Editorial "Moving like molasses on chemical weapons cache"

Global Security Newswire

05/05/09 "Money Needed for Russian Chemical Weapons Disposal Site, Official Says"


Links posted April 30, 2009

Richmond Register

04/30/09 "Depot holds nation's last nerve agent stockpile"

Global Security Newswire

04/30/09 "Chemical Weapons Must Not be Allowed to Spread, U.N. Chief Says"


Links posted April 28, 2009

PR Newswire

04/28/09 "Army Destroys 60 Percent of U.S. Chemical Weapons"

Global Security Newswire

04/27/09 "India Completes Chemical Weapons Disposal; Iraq Declares Stockpile"


Links posted April 27, 2009

Chemical & Enngineering News

03/30/09 "Lying In Wait"


Links posted April 24, 2009

Global Security Newswire

04/23/09 "Alabama CW Disposal Site Might Need $40M Addition"

Anniston Star

04/22/09 Editorial "Removing our bad mustard: Somehow, weapons must go"


Links posted April 22, 2009

Final Call News

04/21/09 "Poor communities combat military pollutants"


Links posted April 16, 2009

Richmond Register

04/15/09 "Probe ends in no depot indictments"


Links posted April 13, 2009

Pueblo Chieftain

04/10/09 "Army may reconsider shipping depot waste"

Global Security Newswire

04/13/09 "Russia Faces Chemical Weapons Disposal Funding Challenges"


Links posted April 8, 2009

East Oregonian

04/06/09 "Depot readies for mustard campaign"

Honolulu Advertiser

04/05/09 "UH team boosts hopes of finding WWII arms"

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

04/05/09 "Army analyzes data from offshore dump"

Pine Bluff Commercial

04/03/09 "Chemical Workers Setting New Benchmarks in Safety"


Links posted April 3, 2009

Global Security Newswire

04/02/09 "Deseret Begins New Mustard Agent Disposal Campaign"
04/02/09 "Russian Disposal Site Eliminates Lewisite Stockpile"


Links posted April 2, 2009

Associated Press

04/01/09 "Wo