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LINKS to News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal:
December 1, 2007 to January 31, 2008

Links posted January 29, 2008

Anniston Star

01/28/08   "Don't dump on Alabama: State wants no more waste"

Richmond Register

01/29/08   "Depot Stockpile passes inspection"


Links posted January 25, 2008

East Oregonian

01/24/08   "Umatilla Depot Destroys final VX Rocket"

Statesman's Journal

01/24/08   "A Weekend of Winners and Losers"


Links posted January 24, 2008

Anniston Star

01/24/08   "Officials say weapons disposal 50 days ahead of schedule"

Tri-City Herald

01/23/08   "Last self-propelled chemical munition destroyed at depot"

Associated Press

01/23/08   "Umatilla Depot Destroys Nerve Gas Rockets"

Pine Bluff Commercial

01/23/08   "Arsenal Commander Seeks To Replace 650 Jobs After Demilitarization"


Links posted January 21, 2008

Richmond Register

01/21/08   "Citizen comments do not speak for the community"

Arms Control Today

01-02/08   "Congress Ups Nonproliferation Spending for '08"


Links posted January 18, 2008

Tribune Star

01/17/08   "76% of Newport's VX agent Neutralized"


Links posted January 17, 2008

Global Security Newswire

01/15/08   "More Money Needed to Meet CW Disposal Deadline, Experts Say"


Links posted January 16, 2008

Richmond Register

01/16/08   "Seeking a swift solution"


Links posted January 14, 2008

Louisville Courier-Journal

01/13/08   "McConnell tailors ads to markets"


Links posted January 10, 2008

KUOW 94.9

01/09/08   "Umatilla Depot Under More Public Scrutiny"

Associated Press

01/09/08   "Army Corps hopes to resume chemical munitions dig"

Army News Service

01/09/08   "Army Destroys Half of Chemical Stockpile"


Links posted January 09, 2008

Associated Press

01/08/08   "Oregon commission reopens public testimony on Umatilla waste"


Links posted January 08, 2008

Common Dreams NewsCenter

01/07/08   "Oregon Department to Hold Closed Meeting Regarding Umatilla Chemical Depot Permit Issue"


Links posted January 07, 2008

Richmond Register

01/05/08   "Agent spill under control"

Associated Press

01/04/08    "Pine Bluff Arsenal Destroys 10,000th Nerve Agent Rocket"


Links posted January 04, 2008

Defense Environment Alert

12/25/07   "Activists Warn Army Over New Chemical Weapons Waste Disposal"

Wired News

01/03/08    "Goodbye, Nerve Gas"

USINFO

01/03/08    "Special Fund Aids Albania-U.S. Munitions Destruction Project"


Links posted December 28, 2007

East Oregonian

12/27/07    "Depot disposes of final 160-gallon VX spray tank"

Anniston Star

12/16/07    "Abrams: Incinerator has removed most area chemical weapons risk"

Tehran Times

12/26/07   "U.S. balks at Libya's demand for money to scrap chemical arms"


Links posted December 19, 2007

Lexington Herald-Leader

12/19/07    "Ground broken for lab at depot"

Itar-Tass News Agency

12/18/07    "Russia meets obligations to destroy chemical weapons"

All Africa

12/18/07   Opinion "Nigeria: Shunning Chemical Weapons"


Links posted December 17, 2007

CBS NEWS

12/15/07    "Fears Over Nerve Gas Waste"


Links posted December 14, 2007

Clean Houston

12/07    "Craig Williams - Champion for safe disposal of chemical weapons"


Links posted December 12, 2007

Beaumont Enterprise

12/11/07    "Army resumes VX wastewater shipments to Port Arthur"

Lexington Herald-Leader

12/12/07   Editorial  "Nerve-gas leak"

Richmond Register

12/12/07    "Lab to increase safety, analyze stored weapons"

Tri-City Herald

12/12/07    "Half the nation's supply destroyed"

Associated Press

12/11/07    "Army Ends Dig Near University for World War I-Era Weapons"


Links posted December 10, 2007

Louisville Courier-Journal

12/08/07    "Activists berate Army for gas leak"

Lexington Herald-Leader

12/08/07    "Sarin disposal set for spring"

Richmond Register

12/07/07    "Agent-filled containers to be destroyed by spring"

Associated Press

12/07/07    "Army fields complaints about lag in chemical leak information"


Links posted December 7, 2007

Louisville Courier-Journal

12/07/07    "Army wants to destroy nerve agent"

12/07/07    Editorial "Homeland insecurity"

12/07/07    "Depot chemical leak largest ever detected there"

Lexington Herald-Leader

12/07/07    "Depot to discuss chemical disposal"

12/07/07    "Blue Grass Army Depot announces schedule to dispose of chemical weapon"

Richmond Register

12/07/07    "August nerve agent spill revealed"

Associated Press

12/07/07    "Army: Disposal of sarin containers to begin next spring"

Beaumont Enterprise

12/07/07    "VX waste shipments to Port Arthur expected to resume next week"


Links posted December 6, 2007

Louisville Courier-Journal

12/05/07    "Investigators study gas leak at Blue Grass"

Associated Press

12/06/07    "Nerve agent leak in Ky. could hasten chemical weapons destruction"

Lexington Herald-Leader

12/06/07    "Handling of August leak at Army depot concerns congressmen"

Richmond Register

12/05/07    "Depot chemist, manager deny reprisals against 'whistle blower'"


Links posted December 5, 2007

Lexington Herald-Leader

12/05/07    "Former worker at depot now must wait"

Defense Environment Alert

11/27/07    "Lawmakers Probing Army Over Kentucky Chem Weapons Handling"

11/27/07    "Activists File New Lawsuit To Change Chem Demil Methods In Oregon"

Beaumont Enterprise

09/30/07     "Protest of VX wastewater shipments veers from court back to street"