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LINKS to News Articles Relevant to Chemical Weapons Disposal:


Links posted June 30, 2003

Richmond Register

06/29/03 "Meeting sparked 19-year fight for executive director of Chemical Weapons Working Group"

rr06.30.03.html

KARK-TV

06/29/03 "Test Burns Begin At PB Arsenal"

kark06.30.03.html

Deseret News

06/29/03 "Trial burns of nerve agent VX get under way: Army is testing deactivation furnace at plant"

dn06.29.03.html

06/28/03 "Tooele depot gets clean bill of health"

dn06.28.03.html


Links posted June 27, 2003

Anniston Star

06/27/03 "Movement of chemicals to halt during race weeks at Talladega"

as06.27.03.html

06/27/03 "Incinerator safety plans increase: Grant to cover cost of equipment distribution for those with needs"

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06/27/03 "Weapons incinerator passes Army inspection"

as06.27.03b.html

06/27/03 "Aberdeen facility evacuated after chemical leak detected"

as06.27.03c.html


Links posted June 26, 2003

Anniston Star

06/26/03 "Agencies to use new chemical agent toxicity standards"

as06.26.03.html

06/26/03 "Cleburne commissioners favor incineration start"

as06.26.03a.html

NBC13 News

06/25/03 "Talladega Co. Officials To Buy Protective Kits For Residents; Officials Take Bids On Shelter-In-Place Kits, Air Cleaners"

nbc06.25.03.html


Links posted June 25, 2003

Anniston Star

06/25/03 "Firm hired to destroy weapons in Arkansas"

as06.25.03.html

06/25/03 Letters "Incineration"

as06.25.03a.html


Links posted June 24, 2003

Anniston Star

06/24/03 Letters "Speak Out ... Emergency preparedness"

as06.24.03a.html

06/24/03 "Hazmat team might be ready by 2004"

as06.24.03.html

WHNT News19

06/23/03 "Anniston: Groups Protest Weapons Incinerator"

whnt06.23.03.html

NBC13 News

06/22/03 "Residents Protest Army Incinerator; Community Uneasy About Contamination"

nbc06.22.03.html

Defense Environment Alert

06/17/03 "Alabama Governor Key to Army's Effort to Start Anniston Facility"

dea06.17.03a.html

06/17/03 "Official Says Chemical Program Will Focus on Disposal Operations"

dea06.17.03b.html

06/17/03 "GAO Analysis Dismisses DOD's Gulf War Chemical Agent Findings"

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06/17/03 "Army Awards Kentucky Neutralization Contract to Bechtel Corp."

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Links posted June 23, 2003

Anniston Star

06/22/03 "Sierra Club meeting protests incinerator"

as06.22.03.html

Birmingham News

06/21/03 "Rogers confident in Anniston detection system"

bn06.21.03.html


Links posted June 20, 2003

Pine Bluff Commercial

06/20/03 "Emergency Evacuation Buses Needed"

pbc06.20.03.html

Anniston Star

06/20/03 "Protection stops at the Calhoun County line"

as06.20.03a.html

06/20/03 "Some fear incineration debate could affect depot's future"

as06.20.03.html

New York Times

06/20/03 "Discarded War Munitions Leach Poisons Into the Baltic"

nyt06.20.03.html


Links posted June 19, 2003

Richmond Register

06/18/03 "CDCAB gets answers from Bechtel Parsons"

rr06.18.03.html

Anniston Star

06/19/03 "No rush for masks: Few residents have picked up their protective gear"

as06.19.03a.html

06/19/03 "EPA leader questioned over PCBs agreement"

as06.19.03b.html

06/18/03 Letters "Warning concerns"

as06.18.03.html

Birmingham News

06/19/03 "Plan to clean up Anniston PCBs seen as diluted; Watchdog says EPA under Bush undercut state"

bn06.19.03.html


Links posted June 18, 2003

Jacksonville News

06/12/03 "Kinney discusses weapons neutralization as alternative"

jn06.12.03.html

The Miami Herald

06/17/03 "Bechtel, Parsons Win $2 Billion Contract"

mh06.17.03.html


Links posted June 17, 2003

Lexington Herald-Leader

06/17/03 "Bechtel venture is picked to destroy depot's weapons"

hl06.17.03.html

Anniston Star

06/17/03 "Incineration gets Riley's approval"

as06.17.03.html

Birmingham News

06/17/03 "Riley tells officials he won't delay incineration at Anniston"

bn06.17.03.html

Defense Environment Alert

06/03/03 "Citizens Hail Amendment Requiring Updated Agent Monitoring"

dea06.03.03a.html

06/03/03 "Alabama Officials Want Army to Develop Disposal 'Contingency Plan'"

dea06.03.03b.html

06/03/03 "Ohio Congressman Says Army Failing to Honor Community's Will"

dea06.03.03c.html


Links posted June 16, 2003

Anniston Star

06/16/03 Letters "Burn preparation"

as06.16.03.html

06/14/03 "Riley's signature is all that's needed to start incinerator"

as06.14.03.html

Richmond Register

06/14/03 "Bechtel Parsons awarded bid for demilitarization at Army depot"

rr06.14.03.html

Dayton Daily News

06/12/03 "MVRPC opposes VX-waste plan; Proposal would treat by-product in Jefferson Twp."

ddn06.12.03a.html

06/12/03 "Group opposed to VX by-product disposal to rally"

ddn06.12.03.html

Agence France-Presse

06/12/03 "Russian CW disposal plan complicated by US funding delays: official"

afp06.10.03.html


Links posted June 9, 2003

Anniston Star

06/09/03 Editorial "Time to burn the stockpile"

as06.09.03.html

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

06/06/03 "July startup planned for Alabama nerve agent incinerator"

sht06.06.03.html

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

06/06/03 "Army to Destroy Nerve Agents in Ala."

ajc06.06.03.html

Houston Business Journal

06/02/03 "Halliburton named in pollution suit"

hbj06.02.03.html

East Oregonian

06/07/03 "Emergency teams know their stuff"

eo06.07.03.html

06/07/03 "County approves tower bid"

eo06.07.03a.html


Links posted June 6, 2003

Birmingham News

06/06/03 "Army tells plan for burning weapons"

bn06.06.03.html

Anniston Star

06/06/03 "Incinerator will be ready to roll July 1"

as06.06.03.html

06/05/03 Letters "Speaker's Stand ... On incineration safety"

as06.05.03.html

Tuscaloosa News

06/06/03 "Military formally tells Congress its ready to incinerate old weapons"

tn06.06.03.html

NBC13 News

06/05/03 "Military Ready to Incinerate Chemical Weapons; County Commissioners Remain Hesitant"

nbc06.05.03.html

Dayton Daily News

06/05/03 "Officials disagree on VX OK; 'Public acceptance' definition may be key to pact award"

ddn06.05.03.html


Links posted June 3, 2003

Anniston Star

06/03/03 Letters "Speak Out ... On the incinerator" and "Rep. Rogers responds"

as06.03.03.html

Dayton Daily News

06/02/03 Letters "Perma-Fix contract carefully awarded" and "Plan takes unnecessary risks"

ddn06.02.03.html

The Globe and Mail

05/31/03 "Canada aids dismantling of Russian arsenal"

gm05.31.03.html


Links posted June 2, 2003

Hermiston Herald

06/02/03 "Committee passes bill requiring upgrade to depot alarm systems"

hh06.02.03.html

Dayton Daily News

06/01/03 Editorial "Army is not making sense with VX plan"

ddn06.01.03.html

Birmingham News

05/31/03 "Plan: Incinerator may start without safety items done"

bn05.31.03.html

Anniston Star

05/31/03 "Leak, power outage shuts down Maryland chemical disposal facility"

as05.31.03.html


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