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LINKS to News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal:


Links posted March 31, 2005

Pueblo Chieftain

03/31/05 "Chemical depot future still in doubt"

pc03.31.05.html

Richmond Chamber of Commerce Business Exchange

04/05 "Chamber takes action on chemical weapons delay at Blue Grass Army Depot"

rcc04.05.html

Associated Press

03/30/05 "Chemical Weapons Burn Slowly for Second Day at Pine Bluff Arsenal"

apkatv03.30.05.html

Deseret News

03/31/05 "Dugway expansion a mystery: Are plans due to tainted soil - or maybe UFOs?"

dn03.31.05.html


Links posted March 30, 2005

East Oregonian

03/30/05 "Walden opposes transfer of weapons to Depot"

eo03.30.05.html

Pine Bluff Commercial

03/30/05 "The Burn Begins: Pine Bluff Arsenal Overcomes Delays To Start Disposal"

pbc03.30.05.html

KATV-7 News

03/29/05 "Pine Bluff Arsenal Begins Weapons Incineration"

katv03.29.05.html

Arkansas Democrat Gazette

03/30/05 "Despite small leak, Pine Bluff Arsenal begins incineration"

adg03.30.05.html

03/30/05 "Panel rejects bill to bar inquiries of anonymous environmental tips"

adg03.30.05a.html

Inside EPA

03/28/05 "Activists Fear Waste Suit Loss Could Limit Ability To Challenge State Permits"

aiepa03.28.05.pdf

Axis of Logic

03/29/05 "Military Pollution: The Quintessential Universal Soldier"

aol03.29.05.html

Tooele Transcript Bulletin

03/29/05 "Nerve agent cylinders destroyed"

ttb03.29.05.html

03/29/05 "Utah gets 2nd chance to fight N-waste plan"

ttb03.29.05a.html

Deseret News

03/30/05 "Utah needs to oppose Yucca, Matheson says"

dn03.30.05.html


Links posted March 29, 2005

Associated Press

03/29/05 "Pine Bluff Weapons Begin to Be Destroyed"

aptn03.29.05.html

03/29/05 "Arsenal Burns First Rocket"

apkatv03.29.05.html

03/29/05 "Sarin gas disposal begins today in Arkansas"

apwkyt03.29.05.html

03/28/05 "PB Arsenal Readies for Disposal of First Batch of Chemical Weapons"

apkatv03.28.05.html


Links posted March 28, 2005

Pine Bluff Commercial

03/27/05 Editorial "The Time Has Come"

pbc03.27.05.html

Arkansas Democrat Gazette

03/25/05 "PB Arsenal ready to fire up furnaces"

adg03.28.05.html

Associated Press

03/25/05 "Business as usual for PB Arsenal's first burn, unseen as ever"

aphl03.28.05.html

Hermiston Herald

03/22/05 "Leaking Sarin Containers Worry Officials"

hh03.22.05.html

Anniston Star

03/27/05 "Incineration update: 1,245 gallons of sarin destroyed March 18-23"

as03.27.05.html

Providence Journal

03/25/05 "Veterans sought who were exposed to chemical-warfare agents"

pj03.28.05.html


Links posted March 25, 2005

Pine Bluff Commercial

03/25/05 "Arsenal Radios on Hold"

pbc03.25.05.html

KATV-7 News

03/25/05 "Arsenal Extends Hours to Answer Questions About Burns"

katv03.25.05.html

Associated Press

03/24/05 "Military releases money to Kentucky, Colorado weapons sites"

aple03.24.05.html

03/24/05 "Summary Box: Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot"

aple03.24.05a.html

Richmond Register

03/24/05 Editorial "Stop playing games with our safety"

rr03.24.05a.html

WTVQ-36 Action News

03/24/05 "Disposal Money Unfrozen, But Not Much"

wtvq03.24.05.html

Anniston Star

03/25/05 "Pentagon releases funds to Kentucky, Colorado chemical weapons sites"

as03.25.05.html


Links posted March 24, 2005

Lexington Herald-Leader

03/24/05 "$30 million unfrozen for arms destruction"

hl03.24.05.html

Richmond Register

03/24/05 "Pentagon releases money for depot; critics say it's not enough"

rr03.24.05.html

WKYT-27 NewsFirst

03/24/05 "Army Depot Gets Some Funding For Chemical Neutralization"

wkyt03.24.05.html

Denver Post

03/24/05 "Pentagon restores $40 million to begin work on Pueblo plant"

dp03.24.05.html

Pueblo Chieftain

03/24/05 "Military releases chem demil funds"

pc03.24.05.html

Rocky Mountain News

03/24/05 "$40 million released for chemical depot"

rmn03.24.05.html

KATV-7 News

03/23/05 "Residents Voice Concerns Over Destruction of Chemical Weapons"

katv03.23.05.html

Pine Bluff Commercial

03/24/05 "Low Public Interest Shown as Incineration Nears"

pbc03.24.05.html

Associated Press

03/24/05 "Lessons learned, risk of storage have arsenal ready for weapons incineration"

apwkyt03.24.05.html

Eastern Progress

03/24/05 "Moving WMDs discussed during Appalachia series"

ep03.24.05.html

Anniston Star

03/24/05 "Test burn ends today"

as03.24.05.html

Moberly Monitor-Index

03/23/05 "Veterans news report"

mmi03.23.05.html


Links posted March 23, 2005

Associated Press

03/22/05 "Judge dismisses legal challenge to Anniston weapons incinerator"

aptn03.22.05.html

03/22/05 "Arsenal to begin incineration of chemical weapons"

aphl03.22.05.html

Anniston Star

03/23/05 "Judge's ruling in lawsuit favors incinerator"

as03.23.05.html

03/23/05 "Arkansas chemical disposal facility set to be operational by next week"

as03.23.05a.html

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

03/23/05 "PB Arsenal ready to fire up furnace"

adg03.23.05.html

Pine Bluff Commercial

03/23/05 "Disposal Slated for Next Week"

pbc03.23.05.html

Detroit Free Press

03/23/05 "U.S. finally contacting veterans: Troops exposed to chemicals to get benefits"

dfp03.23.05.html


Links posted March 22, 2005

Birmingham News

03/22/05 "Court rules Army can keep incinerator open"

bn03.22.05.html

WKYT-27 NewsFirst

03/21/05 "Army Depot Report Delayed Again"

wkyt03.21.05.html

East Oregonian

03/21/05 "Production up after retraining at Depot"

eo03.21.05.html

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

03/22/05 "Mystery vials found to contain pesticide"

sb03.22.05.html

Honolulu Advertiser

03/22/05 "Mysterious vials contain old pesticide, Army says"

ha03.22.05.html

Deseret News

03/22/05 "Nevada seeks united front against Yucca"

dn03.22.05.html


Links posted March 21, 2005

Washington Post

03/20/05 "Spring Valley Toxins Report Sounds an Almost All-Clear"

wp03.20.05.html

Tooele Transcript Bulletin

03/17/05 "County is open minded to agent"

ttb03.17.05.html

Honolulu Advertiser

03/19/05 "Answers on vials likely by next week"

ha03.19.05.html

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

03/19/05 "Army will test contents of vials"

sb03.19.05.html

United Press International

03/20/05 "Sarin attack anniversary marked"

upiwat03.21.05.html

Agence France-Presse

03/21/05 "Robots to ease terrorism jitters"

afp03.21.05.html


Links posted March 18, 2005

Richmond Register

03/18/05 "Senate committee: Depot funding freeze 'troubling'"

rr03.18.05.html

Pine Bluff Commercial

03/18/05 "Local Support Strong for Arsenal Burn"

pbc03.18.05.html

03/17/05 "Disposal Method Hot Topic"

pbc03.17.05.html

03/17/05 "PB Arsenal Prepares with Final Drill"

pbc03.17.05a.html

Anniston Star

03/18/05 "Incinerator test burn is successful"

as03.18.05.html

East Oregonian

03/18/05 "Depot workers to repair deteriorating containers"

eo03.18.05.html

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

03/18/05 "Mystery vials taken to safety"

sb03.18.05.html

03/18/05 "Resident too wary to dump vials in trash, as told"

sb03.18.05a.html

Honolulu Advertiser

03/18/05 "Hazmat crews remove mystery chemicals"

ha03.18.05.html

KITV The Hawaii Channel

03/18/05 "More Mysterious Vials Found On Sand Island"

kitv03.18.05.html

Yahoo Finance

03/17/05 "VA Reaches Out to Veterans Exposed to Mustard Agents"

yf03.17.05.html

BBC News

03/17/05 "Porton Down pay-out talks begin"

bbc03.17.05.html

The Age

03/18/05 "Ten years on, gas attack cult still raises alarm"

ta03.18.05.html

Deseret News

03/18/05 "Nuclear storage battle fires up"

dn03.18.05.html


Links posted March 17, 2005

Anniston Star

03/17/05 "Mechanical glitches again stop incinerator test"

as03.17.05.html

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

03/17/05 "Vials' owner was expert in chemical weaponry"

sb03.17.05.html

Honolulu Advertiser

03/16/05 "Army to probe mystery chemical"

ha03.16.05.html

Deseret News

03/17/05 "Was Yucca data falsified?"

dn03.17.05.html

Salt Lake Tribune

03/17/05 "Alleged lies may kill Yucca"

slt03.17.05.html


Links posted March 16, 2005

Arkansas News Bureau

03/16/05 "Senators call for end to Army study"

anb03.16.05.html

03/16/05 "DOD requests $331.7 million as Pine Bluff prepares to destroy weapons"

anb03.16.05a.html

Anniston Star

03/16/05 "Robot malfunction delays test at incinerator"

as03.16.05.html

Richmond Register

03/15/05 Letters "Write letters to help get funds for depot"

rr03.15.05.html

WTHR-13 Eyewitness News

03/15/05 "Removing the VX"

wthr03.15.05.html

RIA Novosti

03/15/05 "Chemical Arms Ban Organization Takes Stock of Global Arsenal Destruction"

rn03.15.05.html

Associated Press

03/15/05 "Aberdeen workers possibly exposed to phosgene"

apbs03.15.05.html

Deseret News

03/16/05 "NRC comments anger foes of nuclear waste"

dn03.16.05.html

Salt Lake Tribune

03/16/05 "Wait on N-waste plan, panel is asked"

slt03.16.05.html


Links posted March 15, 2005

Anniston Star

03/15/05 "Maintenance issue prompts stoppage of test burn at depot"

as03.15.05.html

Richmond Register

03/09/05 "Future of depot chemical weapons project uncertain"

rr03.09.05.html


Links posted March 14, 2005

Baltimore Sun

03/12/05 "APG completes neutralization of stockpiled mustard agent"

bs03.12.05.html

Los Angeles Times

03/12/05 "Maryland in Brief: Tons of World War II Mustard Gas Destroyed"

lat03.12.05.html

Cincinnati Enquirer

03/14/05 "Bunning hurls high and hard at Wolfowitz"

ce03.14.05.html

Pine Bluff Commercial

03/14/05 "Arsenal prepares to destroy chemicals"

pbc03.14.05.html

03/14/05 "Treaty also includes non-stockpile items"

pbc03.14.05a.html

Birmingham News

03/12/05 "Army prepares to test furnace at incinerator"

bn03.12.05.html

Anniston Star

03/13/05 "Steady progress continues at incinerator"

as03.13.05.html

03/13/05 "Incinerator test run set for Monday"

as03.13.05a.html

03/13/05 "Area residents question Shelby about projects, incinerator, war in Iraq, Social Security"

as03.13.05b.html

Dayton Daily News

03/12/05 "It's your right to know"

ddn03.12.05.html


Links posted March 11, 2005

Associated Press

03/11/05 "Last batch of mustard agent destroyed at Aberdeen Proving Ground"

aple03.11.05.html

The above AP story and variations have appeared in dozens of media outlets across the nation.

03/11/05 "Appeals Court sends Umatilla Weapons Depot case back"

apkgw03.11.05.html

The Oregonian

03/11/05 "Suit over Umatilla incinerator is sent back to lower court"

to03.11.05.html

East Oregonian

03/10/05 "Court allows challenge of weapons destruction"

eo03.10.05.html

Terre Haute Tribune-Star

03/11/05 "Army delays release of report on VX destruction"

thts03.11.05.html

Pueblo Chieftain

03/11/05 "General backs destruction of chemical weapons"

pc03.11.05.html

KRDO News 13

03/10/05 "General Tours Chemical Depot"

krdo03.10.05.html

Tooele Transcript Bulletin

03/11/05 "Million munitions milestone marked"

ttb03.11.05.html

Business Weekly

03/11/05 "Wearable chemical weapon detectors win developer 20m pounds"

bw03.11.05.html


Links posted March 10, 2005

Tri-City Herald

03/10/05 "Depot case sent back to trial court"

tch03.10.05.html

Deseret News

03/10/05 "Chemical depot reaches 1 million milestone"

dn03.10.05.html

03/10/05 "Utah N-waste plea wins sympathy . . ."

dn03.10.05a.html

Salt Lake Tribune

03/10/05 "Depot zaps millionth munition"

slt03.10.05.html

03/10/05 "Goshutes file lawsuit to stop feds from dealing with disputed leaders"

slt03.10.05a.html


Links posted March 9, 2005

Richmond Register

03/08/05 Editorial "Funding freeze--it's just not right"

rr03.08.05.html

Chemical & Engineering News

03/07/05 "Robbing Peter to pay Paul: Pentagon seeks ways to fund chemical weapons destruction and meet a treaty deadline"

cen03.07.05.pdf

Albuquerque Tribune

03/09/05 "Sandia Labs tweak munition-blasting machine"

at03.09.05.html

Anniston Star

03/09/05 "Incinerator to apply for ADEM permit for more storage space"

as03.09.05.html

03/09/05 "Oxford resolution opposes imports of chemical weapons"

as03.09.05a.html

Associated Press

03/09/05 "Deseret Chemical Depot Destroys Millioneth Munition"

apksl03.09.05.html


Links posted March 7, 2005

Indianapolis Star

03/06/05 "Army is poised to rid Newport of VX, anxiety"

is03.06.05.html

Pueblo Chieftain

03/05/05 "Salazar: Army sending mixed messages"

pc03.05.05.html

Birmingham News

03/05/05 "Weapons transport study to continue"

bn03.05.05.html

Anniston Star

03/05/05 "Transportation of chemical weapons still under consideration"

as03.05.05.html

03/06/05 "Incinerator reaches 13 percent destruction of stockpiled chemical agent"

as03.06.05.html

Richmond Register

03/05/05 "Weapons transport still being studied"

rr03.05.05.html

East Oregonian

03/05/05 "Army won’t rule out moving more chemical weapons"

eo03.05.05.html

Arkansas News Bureau

03/05/05 "Chemical weapons transfers remain alive"

anb03.05.05.html

Associated Press

03/04/05 "Agency Still Considering Relocation of Chemical Weapons"

apkatv03.04.05.html

03/05/05 "Tribe sues to stop Yucca waste site"

apdn03.05.05.html

Tri-City Herald

03/07/05 "Outreach answers depot questions"

tch03.07.05.html

03/07/05 "Depot destruction proceeds"

tch03.07.05a.html

Salt Lake Tribune

03/07/05 "Toxic spill fuels scare"

slt03.07.05.html

Deseret News

03/07/05 "Thousands flee toxic leak; Acids disintegrating rail tanker car"

dn03.07.05.html

Science a GoGo

03/07/05 "Bacteria To Clean Up Chemical Weapons"

sagg03.07.05.html


Links posted March 4, 2005

Denver Post

03/04/05 "Ante rises for Pueblo weapons disposal"

dp03.04.05.html

Arms Control Association

03/05 "U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Stalls"

aca03.05.html

Terre Haute Tribune-Star

03/03/05 "DuPont: Results show technology can clean toxic materials from VX"

thts03.03.05.html

East Oregonian

03/03/05 "Umatilla says 'no' to more chemical weapons"

eo03.03.05.html

Jacksonville News

03/03/05 City Council endorses Calhoun Commission's stance against weapons transport

jn03.03.05.html

Pine Bluff Commercial

03/03/05 "Arsenal Holds Emergency Drill to Test Response"

pbc03.03.05.html

Newswise

03/04/05 "Could Microbes Solve Russia's Chemical Weapons Conundrum?"

nw03.04.05.html

Tooele Transcript Bulletin

03/04/05 "UFO hunters report strange lights at Dugway"

ttb03.04.05.html


Links posted March 3, 2005

Global Security Newswire

03/03/05 "Republican Senators Criticize Planned Budget Cuts to U.S. Chemical Weapons Disposal Program"

gsn03.02.05.html

Anniston Star

03/03/05 "Incinerator workers prepare for test burn"

as03.03.05.html

Eastern Progress

03/03/05 "Chandler speaks out against funding cuts"

ep03.03.05.html


Links posted March 2, 2005

InsideDefense

03/01/05 "Wolfowitz: DOD Reconsidering Cuts To Chem Demil Program"

id03.01.05.html

Pueblo Chieftain

03/02/05 "Chem-demil delay topic at hearing in Senate"

pc03.02.05.html

KATV-7 News

03/01/05 "Officials to Discuss Ways to Speed Chemical Weapons Destruction"

katv03.01.05.html

Arkansas News Bureau

03/02/05 "Huckabee not ruling out more chemical weapons at PBA"

anb03.02.05.html

News Journal

03/02/05 "DuPont claims success in VX cleansing"

nj03.02.05.html

East Oregonian

03/01/05 "Depot official gives completion timeline"

eo03.01.05.html

Anniston Star

03/01/05 "Incinerator workers prepare to conduct trial burn for ADEM"

as02.27.05.html

Tooele Transcript Bulletin

03/01/05 "Utah High-Level Nuclear Waste Dump a Step Closer"

ttb03.01.05.html

Chemical & Engineering News

03/02/05 "No-Prep Mass Spec: New atmospheric pressure ionization method is suitable for security and defense applications"

cen03.02.05.html

Environment News Service

03/01/05 "Mercury Damages IQ of U.S. Children, Billions in Earnings Lost"

ens03.01.05.html


Links posted March 1, 2005

Pueblo Chieftain

03/01/05 Editorial "The governor speaks"

pc03.01.05.html

Defense Environment Alert

02/22/05 "Colorado Senators Urge DOD to Release Funds for Pueblo Facility"

dea02.22.05.html

Associated Press

02/31/05 "Lawmakers seek funds for weapons depots; On-site destruction of weapons urged"

apcj03.01.05.html

02/28/05 "Chandler, Salazar tour Blue Grass depot, decry lack of funding"

apwkyt02.28.05.html

02/28/05 "Salazar Tours Chemical Weapons Site In Kentucky"

apcbs02.28.05.html

Richmond Register

03/01/05 "Demilitarization effort funding running out"

rr03.01.05.html

Lexington Herald-Leader

03/01/05 "Money low for nerve gas project: Official says funds to run out April 1"

hl03.01.05.html

WKYT-27 NewsFirst

03/01/05 "More Attention Focused On Army Depot"

wkyt03.01.05.html

WTVQ-36 Action News

02/28/05 "Depot Push Again"

wtvq02.28.05.html

Pine Bluff Commercial

03/01/05 "Weapons Plan Due Friday, Army Says"

pbc03.01.05.html

Arkansas News Bureau

03/01/05 "Army reschedules chemical weapons meeting"

anb03.01.05.html


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