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LINKS to News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal:
June 1 to July 31, 2008

Links posted July 31, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

07/31/08  "State will sue to force chem demil deadline"

Salt Lake Tribune

07/31/08  "Tooele depot tests show millions of pounds of mustard agent tainted with mercury"

Hermiston Herald

07/30/08  Opinion "Neutralize mustard gas, don't burn it"

07/30/08  Opinion "Letter: Comments were a little incomplete"

Richmond Register

07/30/08  "Workers try to find source of Depot leak"


Links posted July 30, 2008

Associated Press

07/29/08  "Kentucky weapons depot confirms mustard gas leak"

Louisville Courier-Journal

07/30/08  "Army: Mustard gas leaks at Blue Grass"


Links posted July 28, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

07/26/08 "Lawmakers seek review of depot as latest leak sealed"

Louisville Courier-Journal

07/26/08  "3 members of Congress urge more chemical weapons safety"

Richmond Register

07/25/08  "Local lawmakers are concerned"


Links posted July 25, 2008

East Oregonian

07/25/08  "State agency ponders mercury removal plans"

Tooele Transcript Bulletin

07/16/08  "To bring or not to bring?"


Links posted July 24, 2008

WTHI TV-10

07/23/08 "Newport Chemical Depot nearly finished in VX disposal"


Links posted July 22, 2008

Houston Chronicle

07/21/08  "EPA told to rethink import of PCBs"


Links posted July 21, 2008

Terre Haute Tribune-Star

07/19/08  "Completion of VX neutralization means many things to Valley"

07/20/08  "End of VX neutralization process raises questions about future for Newport Chemical Depot, workers"


Links posted July 18, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

07/18/08  Editorial "Delayed by caution"

Tri-City Herald

07/17/08   "Trace amounts of chemical agent found in igloo"


Links posted July 17, 2008

Project On Government Oversight

07/16/08  Blog "Senators Upset Over Pentagon's Option for Destroying Chemical Weapons"

Richmond Register

07/17/08  "Chemical activity gets new Commander"


Links posted July 16, 2008

Tri-City Herald

07/15/08  "Work to begin on destroying more munitions"


Links posted July 15, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

07/15/08  "Sarin that leaked Friday should have been destroyed"

Anniston Star

07/15/08  Speaker's Stand "More of the same from The Star"


Links posted July 11, 2008

Defense Environment Alert

07/08/08  "DOD Considers Options for Accelerating ACWA Chemical Destruction"

Denver Post

07/09/08  "Contaminated soil found at arsenal"


Links posted July 9, 2008

Associated Press

07/08/08  "Senators decry plan to transport chemical weapons"

Hometown Annapolis

07/09/08  "Army Corps finds chemical compound in tube"


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"