Mustard Gas
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Mock Terror Attacks Reveal Flaws In Response Systems -- 03 Apr 2005
...in Portsmouth, NH, preparing for a five-kilometer run when a van exploded, releasing into the air a mixture of Gatorade and garlic, which simulated mustard gas ... (TheDay (subscription))
Fears grow about missing weapons -- 03 Apr 2005
The US arms hunters' findings further cloud the picture on another item, 155 mm mustard-gas shells. At least 13,000 shells filled ... (Chicago Tribune (subscription))
Iraqi weapons still unaccounted for -- 03 Apr 2005
...under "Unresolved Issues.". Further clouding the picture: 155mm mustard-gas shells with a dead-end paperwork trail. At least 13,000 ... (Charlotte Observer)
Deford goes to bat for two of baseball's Giants -- 03 Apr 2005
...after Mathewson retired.) Then both men died relatively young, Mathewson at 45 from tuberculosis possibly related to his exposure to mustard gas during World ... (Baltimore Sun)
The wild and wireless West -- 03 Apr 2005
For decades, the depot has been a repository for 6.6 million pounds of deadly Cold War-era mustard gas and nerve agents awaiting incineration. ... (OregonLive.com)
Today's most read story is: -- 03 Apr 2005
BY WARD SANDERSON. FORT MONROE -- Were mustard gas and the plague unleashed in America, troops from Fort Monroe could be the ones called up to save the country. ... (All Hands Network)
Chavez: US Used Nerve and Mustard Gas in Felluce -- Mar 5, 2005
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said that according to Iraqi Health Department's reports US soldiers used nerve and mustard gas during the Felluce (Fallujah ... (Zaman Online)
Tons of World War II Mustard Gas Destroyed -- Mar 12, 2005
More than 1,600 tons of stockpiled mustard agent from World War II have been destroyed to meet the terms of a chemical weapons treaty, an Army spokesman said. ... (Los Angeles Times (subscription))
‘US used mustard, nerve gas in Iraq’ -- Mar 5, 2005
Hugo Chavez further said, "The minister’s report indicated evidence of the use of mustard gas and nerve gas as they found melted bodies in the city, where ... (Hi Pakistan)
US Used Mustard gas, Nerve gas, and Burning Chemicals on Iraqis in ... -- Mar 5, 2005
...said that researches, prepared by his medical team, prove that US occupation forces used internationally prohibited substances, including mustard gas, nerve gas ... (Collective Bellaciao)
Last remains of mustard gas stockpile destroyed -- Mar 11, 2005
ABERDEEN, Md. — More than 1,600 tons of the country’s stockpiled mustard agent has been destroyed to meet the terms of a chemical ... (ArmyTimes.com)
Mass grave found under Buckley Green -- Apr 1, 2005
...of shooting deaths, which forensic evidence indicates came from shotguns used in firing squads, Serin nerve agent, decapitation and even mustard gas. ... (The Triangle)
The Generals Love Napalm -- Mar 31, 2005
...used... substances, including mustard gas, nerve gas, and other burning chemicals in their attacks in the war-torn city.". Fallujah ... (ZNet)
Chemical weapons burn still going slowly on second day -- Mar 31, 2005
...will eventually destroy 90,000 rockets and another 3,000 tons or so of bulk containers of blister agent and land mines filled with mustard gas, Army officials ... (WKYT)
DISPOSAL STOPS AT PB ARSENAL -- Apr 1, 2005
Eventually, the system will destroy 90,000 rockets and another 3,000 tons of bulk containers of blister agent and land mines filled with mustard gas. (Pine Bluff Commercial)
Bioterrorism: Fear, History and Reality -- Apr 1, 2005
Why haven't chemical or bio-weapons been used more than they have in the century since mustard gas was introduced in the trenches of World War I? What has kept ... (Boston College Chronicle)
Government of Canada Announces CBRN Strategy -- Mar 31, 2005
Potential CBRN weapons encompass a range of agents: - Chemical (such as sarin or "mustard gas" disseminated with explosives or aerosols) - Biological (such as ... (Canada NewsWire (press release))
Man Who Sold Chemical Components to Saddam to Face Genocide ... -- Mar 28, 2005
Van Anraat is accused of selling thousands of tons of chemicals that were then used by the Iraqi military to make mustard gas and nerve gas. ... (Cybercast News Service)
Germs, lies and the whistleblower -- Mar 25, 2005
Barton was also one of the first Western intelligence analysts to argue that Iraq was producing mustard gas in its war with Iran, a conclusion that was first ... (Age (subscription))
Safer than Kansas City Yemen is victim of media ignorance -- Mar 27, 2005
One would swear the very air in Yemen is laced with mustard gas; it is enough to make you gag alright, but not from the effects of any noxious gas. ... (Yemen Times)
1988: Thousands die in Halabja gas attack -- Mar 16, 2005
According to experts, the chemicals dropped by the planes may have included mustard gas, the nerve agents sarin, tabun and VX and possibly cyanide. ... (BBC News)
Egypt helped Iraq with gas, CIA says -- Mar 12, 2005
Experts say there is strong evidence Egyptian warplanes repeatedly used mustard-gas bombs against royalist forces during Cairo's intervention in the Yemen ... (Aljazeera.net)
Egypt’s helping hand crucial to Iraq’s gas attacks, arms ... -- Mar 12, 2005
Experts say there’s strong evidence Egyptian warplanes repeatedly used mustard-gas bombs against royalist forces during Cairo’s intervention in the Yemen ... (Khaleej Times)
A Tale Of Two Mothers -- Mar 19, 2005
...against: On March 16, 1988, an estimated 5,000 civilians were killed and 10,000 injured when Iraqi air forces bombarded Halabja with mustard gas and other ... (Daily News - Galveston County)
Veterans sought who were exposed to chemical-warfare agents -- Mar 27, 2005
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced March 17 a national outreach campaign to locate veterans who were exposed to mustard gas or the chemical-warfare ... (Providence Journal (subscription))
Missiles, microbes, sacked weapon sites: Loose ends proliferate in ... -- Mar 26, 2005
The US arms hunters' findings further cloud the picture on another item, 155mm mustard-gas shells with a dead-end paperwork trail. ... (Winnipeg Sun)
Many missiles missing in Iraq, review of reports shows -- Mar 27, 2005
The US arms hunters' findings further cloud the picture on another item, 155mm mustard-gas shells, which has a paperwork trail that leads to a dead end. ... (Boston Globe)
Arms hunters: Egypt's helping hand crucial to Iraq's gas attacks -- Mar 13, 2005
Experts say there's strong evidence Egyptian warplanes used mustard-gas bombs against royalist forces during Cairo's intervention in the Yemen civil war of the ... (Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Dutchman in court for Iraq chemical arms case -- Mar 18, 2005
...by US customs authorities a few years ago found that Van Anraat had been involved in four shipments to Iraq of an industrial chemical used in mustard gas. ... (Daily Times)
'Dutch Chemical Ali' on trial for genocide -- Mar 18, 2005
The main allegations are that between 1984 and 1989 he supplied the Saddam regime with thousands of tonnes of chemical precursors for mustard gas and nerve gas ... (Guardian)
Dutchman on trial over Saddam's gas genocide -- Mar 18, 2005
The prosecutor claims that between 1984 and 1988 Mr Van Anraat exported tons of chemicals that were turned into mustard gas and nerve gas. ... (Independent)
Pentagon restores $40 million to begin work on Pueblo plant -- Mar 24, 2005
The Pentagon on Wednesday restored $40 million for initial groundwork for a plant to destroy mustard-gas munitions at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, lifting a two ... (Denver Post)
Veterans news report -- Mar 23, 2005
Now, 60 years after the fact, the US Government is trying to locate all the veterans who may have been exposed to mustard gas or the chemical weapon Lewisite ... (Moberly Monitor Index)
Dutchman in Iraq genocide trial -- Mar 18, 2005
...that charge. Mr van Anraat is accused of selling chemicals from the US and Japan to Iraq to make nerve gases and mustard gas. The ... (Journal of Turkish Weekly)
CIA: Egypt helped Iraq make poison gas -- Mar 13, 2005
From 1983 to 1988, the Iraqis repeatedly used mustard gas, tabun, sarin and possibly other chemical agents against the Iranians. ... (Lexington Herald Leader)
Dutchman tied to Saddam chemicals supply -- Mar 18, 2005
Mr. van Anraat is said to have exported tons of chemicals between 1984 and 1988 that were turned into mustard gas and nerve gas, some of which was used in the ... (Washington Times)
Dutchman in Iraq genocide charges -- Mar 19, 2005
Ali. He has been charged in Iraq of masterminding the mustard gas attack on Halabja for which Saddam Hussein also faces charges. ... (Journal of Turkish Weekly)
AP: Army reopens probe into man's death -- Mar 24, 2005
6, as a "mentor" to Iraqi chemists trying to make poison gas for military use in the 1970s, as leader of the effort to produce mustard gas, and in the 1980s as ... (Kansas City Star)
CIA: Egypt helped Iraq build arms -- Mar 12, 2005
Experts say there's strong evidence Egyptian warplanes repeatedly used mustard-gas bombs during the Yemen civil war of the 1960s. ... (Houston Chronicle)
Man charged as Chemical Ali's supplier -- Mar 18, 2005
Frans van Anraat, 62, was charged Thursday with selling US and Japanese chemicals that were then used to make lethal mustard gas -- soon thereafter unleashed ... (Express Newsline)
The Anti-Empire Report, No. 19 -- Mar 21, 2005
He said that research conducted by his medical team proved that American forces used internationally-prohibited substances such as mustard gas, nerve gas, and ... (uruknet.info)
Filter Tips -- Mar 21, 2005
Yet the ash-Shaykhli team - again, appointed by the Bush-backed government - confirmed the use of "mustard gas, nerve gas and other burning chemicals" by US ... (St.Petersburg Times.ru)
VA Reaches Out to Veterans Exposed to Mustard Agents -- Mar 17, 2005
PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced a national outreach campaign to locate veterans who were exposed to mustard gas or the ... (mysan.de (Pressemitteilung))
Peace promoters object to human cost of Iraq war -- Mar 27, 2005
She said her grandfather died from respiratory complications that stemmed from exposure to mustard gas in World War I. Her father fought on the front lines in ... (Bend Bulletin)
sale of F-16's to pakistan -- Mar 27, 2005
Disarming Iraq," said the Bush administration tended "to say that anything that was unaccounted for existed, whether it was sarin or mustard gas or anthrax.". ... (Spymac)
Nation's largest chemical depot destroys millionth munition -- Mar 9, 2005
Since workers had finished incinerating all sarin gas by 2002, that will leave only mustard gas, a less dangerous concoction, to dispose of. ... (San Diego Union Tribune)
Chavez Warns Bush: "Not One Drop of Oil!" -- Mar 6, 2005
Chavez said Saturday a report by Iraq's health ministry claimed that US forces in Iraq had used mustard gas and nerve gas during their assault on the town of ... (PEJ News)
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 1 March 2005 -- Mar 2, 2005
Representative of Iraqi regime’s “Ministry of Health�: America used mustard gas, nerve gas and other internationally prohibited substances in al-Fallujah ... (uruknet.info)
Napalm, Chemical Weapons Used at Fallujah – Iraqi Official -- Mar 5, 2005
...the health situation in Fallujah by Iraq's health ministry, had done research that proved US occupation forces used substances, including mustard gas, nerve gas ... (Political Affairs Magazine)
EGYPT SUPPLIES GAZA WITH WEAPONS+ -- Mar 16, 2005
..."Iraqis used mustard gas, sarin and other chemical agents against the Iranians during the lengthy Iran-Iraq war. In 1988, Iraqi ... (MichNews.com)
Racine agencies get a lesson in preparedness -- Mar 14, 2005
Racine - City Hall was taken over by extremists, a city bus was hijacked, and mustard gas was set off at a public park, but it was all part of a terrorism ... (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Russia May Have Helped Moved Iraqi WMDs -- Mar 7, 2005
The primary Iraqi chemical weapons were VX nerve gas and mustard gas, a blistering agent, both obtained from Russia. According to ... (Global Politician)
Vials’ owner -- Mar 17, 2005
...that many tons of various toxic chemical agents were stored at the Chemical Warfare Depot just below Kolekole Pass, including "mustard gas, phosgene, nitrogen ... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
By Erin Emery -- Mar 4, 2005
By Erin Emery. The Pentagon is facing increased pressure to revive plans for a mustard-gas disposal facility at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in southern Colorado. ... (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
Another grim marker reached in Iraq -- Mar 10, 2005
Mustard gas, nerve agents and napalm are all illegal under international law. Mustard gas causes blistering of the skin or lungs when it is touched or inhaled. ... (People's Weekly World)
Dutch Iraq war crimes case opens -- Mar 18, 2005
Prosecutors claim the chemicals were later used in the mustard gas attack on the Kurdish Iraqi town of Halabja in 1988 in which more than 5,000 people died. ... (ABC Online)
Manual Details the Steps to Make Chemical Weapons and Gives ... -- Mar 15, 2005
...categories; “tear gases, nose gases, choking gases with irritating fumes, and blistering gases which result in burns� and include mustard gas, tear gas and ... (SITE Institute)
Egypt crucial to Saddam’s weapons, CIA says -- Mar 13, 2005
From 1983-88, the Iraqis repeatedly used mustard gas, tabun, sarin and possibly other chemical agents against the Iranians. In 1988 ... (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription))
Dutchman Comes to Court in Iraq Chemical Arms Case -- Mar 18, 2005
Baltimore a few years ago found that Van Anraat had been involved in four shipments to Iraq of thiodiglycol, an industrial chemical used in making mustard gas. ... (Wired News)
Prosecutor accuses Dutch businessman of aiding Kurdish genocide in ... -- Mar 18, 2005
...gassed dozens of villages in the Kurdistan region in 1987 and 1988, including Halabja, which was bombed exactly 17 years ago with with mustard gas and nerve ... (Channel News Asia)
DISPOSAL METHOD HOT TOPIC -- Mar 17, 2005
Jones said. "Over 60 percent (of the stockpile) is mustard gas, so neutralization really makes sense at our site.". But Umatilla ... (Pine Bluff Commercial)
Nation's largest chemical depot destroys millionth munition -- Mar 9, 2005
...scheduled to reach completion this spring. Mustard gas destruction is scheduled to begin early next year. Nerve gas and mustard, a ... (AZ Central.com)
Solving the riddle of H5N1 -- Mar 25, 2005
...crowded army camps in northern France -- where Oxford and other experts now postulate it first gained a foothold, in troops weakened by mustard gas -- to the ... (Taipei Times)
Looking back, Cubs, Bears fail to look ahead -- Mar 23, 2005
...emergency-preparedness team. If they were, we would be eating mustard gas with our hot dogs right about now. Cubs general manager ... (Chicago Tribune (subscription))
A Small RNA That Neutralizes a Protein Linked to Tumor Development -- Mar 22, 2005
...now a mainstay of cancer treatment, did not arrive until the mid-1940s, when nitrogen mustard, an alkylating agent related to the mustard gas used in the two ... (RxPG NEWS)
The Neo Con Crusades By Emmanuel Goldstein -- Mar 20, 2005
When Iraqis revolted against colonial rule by Britain, Winston Churchill authorized the British Royal Airforce to use mustard gas and chlorine against Iraqis ... (Al-Jazeerah.info)
Military still fighting his tough-love approach, says outgoing ... -- Mar 23, 2005
Along the way, he won $50 million in compensation for 3,000 victims of Second World War mustard gas testing and cracked what he calls the "cold-hearted ... (CJAD)
FLASHBACK: What do Fallujah and Halabja have in Common? -- Mar 7, 2005
However, the US Army War College’s report noted that mustard gas used by Iraqi troops is an incapacitating agent with fatality rate of only 2%, and it could ... (uruknet.info)
Mysterious vials contain old pesticide, Army says -- Mar 22, 2005
Initially, the possibility was raised that they contained mustard gas and were part of chemical agent identifications sets used by the Army. ... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Iraqi Health Ministry Proves US Used Chemical Weapons in Fallujah -- Mar 4, 2005
...team, have real evidence that US occupation troops used internationally banned substances in their attacks against Fallujah, such as mustard gas, nerve gas ... (Prensa Latina)
Region Braces For Terror Drill -- Mar 11, 2005
The first was in 2000, with attacks on Detroit, Mich., and Portsmouth, NH, and involved a mustard gas release, an explosion and biological weapons and a price ... (Shore Publishing)
National Institutes of Health Requests Presentation on Radilex(TM) ... -- Mar 21, 2005
...discussed the science of Radilex as an effective treatment for radiation poisoning, deadly anthrax and ricin exposure scenarios, mustard gas, as well as ... (PR Newswire (press release))
Exporter 'knew' chemicals could be used for genocide -- Mar 18, 2005
Van A. indicated that he calmly went ahead with the supply of raw materials even though the Iraqi military had launched a devastating mustard gas attack on the ... (Expatica)
Iraq genocide charges on a Dutch citizen!: -- Mar 18, 2005
He has been charged in Iraq for masterminding the mustard gas attack on Halabja for which Saddam Hussein also faces charges.(ANI). (New Kerala)
Live munitions showing up in homeowners' driveways -- Mar 19, 2005
...ordnance unit at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware were hospitalized last July while detonating the projectile, which contained potentially lethal mustard gas. ... (Houston Chronicle)
On a wing and a prayer -- Mar 19, 2005
...army camps in northern France - where Professor Oxford and other experts now postulate it first gained a foothold, in troops weakened by mustard gas - to the ... (Guardian)
Dutch man accused of selling chemicals to Saddam -- Mar 18, 2005
The chemicals dealer is said to have exported tons of chemicals between 1984 and 1988 that were turned into mustard gas and nerve gas, some of which was used ... (Jerusalem Post)
Try a better chant: `No oil money for terrorists' -- Mar 3, 2005
The money for mustard gas in Iraq, a nuclear reactor in Iran and hate-filled propaganda of the Saudi madrasahs all derived from rigged oil prices and went to ... (San Jose Mercury News)
The Italian Job -- Mar 7, 2005
Dr. Khalid ash-Shaykhli, an official at Iraq's health ministry, has confirmed that US forces used mustard gas, nerve gas, and other incendiary chemicals on ... (CounterPunch)
Bush administration clears US troops in slaying of Calipari and ... -- Mar 15, 2005
...to well-placed Italian sources, had irrefutable evidence of US war crimes in the siege of Fallujah, involving the use of napalm, mustard gas, and nerve gas. ... (uruknet.info)
Appeals Court sends Umatilla Weapons Depot case back -- Mar 11, 2005
Sugarman said he thinks the opponents can show that the incinerator presents a risk and that safer alternatives exist to destroy nerve agents and mustard gas. ... (OregonLive.com)
'Silencing Sgrena, gangland-style' -- Mar 7, 2005
Would it be further confirmation that the United States had used mustard gas, nerve gas and other incendiary chemicals during their assault on Falluja as ... (uruknet.info)
Why Was Giuliana Targeted -- Or Was She? -- Mar 7, 2005
Last week, Dr ash-Shaykhli of Iraq's Health Ministry confirmed that US troops used internationally banned weapons including mustard gas, nerve gas and other ... (uruknet.info)
Iraq War’s Rationale Splits Views In US -- Mar 17, 2005
Pre-war speeches by United States president George W. Bush mentioned specific chemical agents, such as mustard gas, sarin and VX nerve gas as banned substances ... (CPOD - Global Scan)
Torture and terror American-style -- Mar 17, 2005
1, Dr. Khalid ash-Shaykhli of Iraq’s Ministry of Health made a startling revelation at a Baghdad press conference: US forces used mustard gas, nerve gas and ... (uruknet.info)
Different type of meth in Decatur County -- Mar 7, 2005
...potentially deadly. "During the cooking process, it can put off a phosphiene gas, also known as a mustard gas," says Nix. Deputies ... (WALB-TV)
Availability of Chemical and Biological Weapons to Terrorists -- Mar 9, 2005
It is well known that terrorists attempted to poisoning of water pipeline in Chicago, use mustard gas and viruses of anthrax in Germany, spray radioactive ... (Global Politician)
Homefront Command Gets Poison Gas Detector -- Mar 17, 2005
BaMachaneh. "Until now, we could only identify mustard gas or sulfur. The new device allows us to identify almost any possible substance.". (Arutz Sheva)
Two years on: What's happening in Iraq? -- Mar 9, 2005
...the Iraqi health ministry, told a press conference that an Iraqi medical team, investigating Falluja, definitively concluded the US used mustard gas, nerve gas ... (Seven Oaks)
Russia and Iraqi WMDs -- Mar 4, 2005
...forces. The primary Iraqi chemical weapons were VX nerve gas and mustard gas, a blistering agent, both obtained from Russia. The ... (American Thinker)
Can microbes cut the mustard? -- Mar 9, 2005
It could declare biological war on the toxic remnants of mustard gas, a first world war chemical favourite stockpiled in huge quantities in the US and Soviet ... (EducationGuardian.co.uk)
Could microbes solve Russia's chemical weapons conundrum? -- Mar 8, 2005
Mustard is a blistering agent that was first used in World War I. Found in both liquid and aerosol form (mustard gas), it can cause severe burns to the skin ... (Medical News Today)
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Mustard Gas Residue Slows Military Base Cleanup -- Apr 2, 2004
But Jeff Lindblad, an Aberdeen spokesman, said cleaning out the containers has been part of the plan for disposal of the mustard gas agent (search) since the ... (FOX News)
Mustard gas residue could complicate cleanup at Aberdeen -- Apr 1, 2004
But Jeff Lindblad, an Aberdeen spokesman, said cleaning out the containers has been part of the plan for disposal of the mustard gas agent since the beginning ... (Biloxi Sun Herald)
Mustard gas hunt resumes -- Mar 22, 2004
Corps of Engineers from Wilmington will resume searching -- begun in August -- for what could be eight to 10 metal drums marked with "mustard gas" near the ... (Charlotte Observer)
Search For Mustard Gas Resumes In Scotland County Airport -- Mar 23, 2004
The Army announced plans to resume its search for mustard gas at the Laurinburg-Maxton Airport. Last fall, the Army Corps of Engineers ... (WRAL.com)
Poison alert -- Apr 8, 2004
ARMY bomb disposal experts were called in after phials of poisonous World War II mustard gas were found in the loft of a house. ... (The Comet)
Hidden pile of dumped bombs -- Apr 4, 2004
...old archives. Inventories show one Townsville chemical weapon depot held nearly 16,000 M47A2 mustard gas bombs alone. The paper ... (Townsville Bulletin)
Listen to stories -- Apr 8, 2004
Mr Mills was a gunner in the 2nd Brigade/8th Field artillery regiment, and suffered shrapnel wounds to his leg and mustard gas poisoning during his service. ... (Shepparton News)
Benefits of vocational rehabilitation -- Apr 8, 2004
By Robert Dole. Thousands of American men came home from World War I blinded by exposure to mustard gas or with limbs lost in the trenches to enemy fire. ... (Washington Times)
Report: London Gas Plot Foiled -- Apr 6, 2004
It's not something which would create a major vapor hazard — it isn't like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents," Hay told the BBC. ... (CBS New York)
British teen faces explosives charge -- Apr 7, 2004
It's not something which would create a major vapour hazard; it isn't like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents," Hay said. ... (Toronto Star)
Report: chemical attack plot foiled in Britain -- Apr 6, 2004
It's not something which would create a major vapor hazard - it isn't like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents," Hay told the BBC. (Jerusalem Post)
Report: British Chemical-Weapon Plot Foiled -- Apr 6, 2004
It's not something which would create a major vapor hazard — it isn't like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents," Hay told the BBC. (FOX News)
British and US authorities foil vapour bomb attack plot in ... -- Apr 6, 2004
It's not something which would create a major vapour hazard; it isn't like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents," Hay told the BBC. (Winnipeg Sun)
British teenager caught in police raids charged with preparing ... -- Apr 6, 2004
It's not something which would create a major vapor hazard. It isn't like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents.". ... (International Herald Tribune)
Army warning on incinerator has critics up in arms -- Apr 7, 2004
...completed this summer. Next up will be mustard gas, a blister agent that can dissolve human issue on contact. Several near-misses ... (Salt Lake Tribune)
Case For War: Bodies of Evidence -- Apr 7, 2004
We will know which weapons (including nerve and mustard gas) were used. And we will learn more about the unspeakable preludes to the mass executions. ... (CBS News)
Chemical bomb plot reportedly foiled in the UK -- Apr 6, 2004
It's not something which would create a major vapor hazard -- it isn't like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents," Leeds University professor ... (CTV)
House panel seeks halt to VX plan -- Apr 7, 2004
DuPont has a $30 million contract for treatment of similar but less hazardous wastes from an Aberdeen, Md., site that neutralizes a blister-forming mustard gas ... (The News Journal)
Office reports Army is behind stockpile schedule -- Apr 6, 2004
The Umatilla depot stores 3,700 tons of nerve and mustard gas agents out of the Army's roughly 31,000 tons of chemical warfare agents. ... (Mid Columbia Tri City Herald)
Britain Chemical Attack Reported Foiled -- Apr 6, 2004
It's not something which would create a major vapor hazard--it isn't like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents,'' Hay told the BBC. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Britain Chemical Attack Reported Foiled -- Apr 6, 2004
It's not something which would create a major vapor hazard - it isn't like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents,'' Hay told the BBC. (Guardian)
‘Vapor bomb’ plot in UK reportedly foiled -- Apr 6, 2004
It’s not something which would create a major vapor hazard — it isn’t like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents,” Hay told the BBC. (MSNBC)
Chemical attack plot foiled in Britain -- Apr 6, 2004
It's not something which would create a major vapor hazard -- it isn't like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents," Hay told the BBC. (Canoe.ca)
British and US Foil Chemical Attack in UK -- Apr 6, 2004
It's not something which would create a major vapor hazard. It isn't like mustard gas or chlorine or some of the nerve agents," Hay told BBC. (NewsMax.com)
Live rocket unearthed at Maxton airstrip -- Apr 1, 2004
Workers looking for mustard gas near the Laurinburg-Maxton Airport found a live bazooka round Thursday, an Army Corps of Engineer spokesman said. ... (Fayetteville Online)
Army changes disposal rules for chemical weapons at Utah site -- Mar 30, 2004
TOOELE, UTAH (March 30) -- The US Army is modifying its disposal practices for some of its mustard gas agent and weapons containing the agent stored at the ... (Waste News)
State worries over VX project -- Apr 3, 2004
The plant already treats neutralized wastes from a 1,625-ton stockpile of mustard gas at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Md. ... (The News Journal)
Japan, China aim to sustain ties -- Apr 4, 2004
For example, last summer, five decayed drums containing mustard gas abandoned by the Imperial Japanese Army were uncovered at a construction site in Qiqihar ... (Asahi Shimbun)
GAO: Chemical weapons destruction program falling behind -- Apr 2, 2004
The Pine Bluff Arsenal houses 12 percent of the government's chemical stockpile, which includes mustard gas, a blister agent, and the nerve agents VX and sarin ... (Arkansas News)
Canadian veterans spurn gas test payoff -- Mar 13, 2004
...to crawl into the deep craters formed by mortar shells bursting in the distance, but what they weren’t told was that the craters were filled with mustard gas ... (Scotland on Sunday)
Some like it hot. Very, very hot -- Apr 2, 2004
One cousin quipped that I'd flavoured our dinner with mustard gas, and an academic who tasted some at a food conference found it so appalling that he really ... (Financial Times)
Decatur man courted death on Liberty ships in WWII -- Apr 5, 2004
Loaded with 10,000 tons of bombs weighing from 200 to 2,000-pounds and 500 canisters of mustard gas, the Brooke arrived in Bone, Algeria, after a 20-day trip. ... (The Decatur Daily)
Guest Column: Timeless words provide ageless perspective -- Apr 2, 2004
Now, with a conflict so tied to chemical and biological warfare, Wilfred Owen’s poem about a mustard gas attack in World War I seems hauntingly prescient. ... (Quad City Times)
Weapon Incineration Falling Behind -- Apr 2, 2004
The Pine Bluff Arsenal houses 12 percent of the government’s chemical stockpile, which includes mustard gas, a blister agent, and the nerve agents VX and ... (Fort Smith Times Record)
Search to resume at Scotland airport -- Mar 23, 2004
Work at the 90-foot-by-65-foot site began in August after a former mayor of Maxton said he helped bury mustard gas in woods near the runway at the end of World ... (Fayetteville Online)
Tooele burn plant to get $50M fix for heavy metals -- Mar 29, 2004
...this summer. Next up in the disposal schedule will be mustard gas, a blister agent that can dissolve human tissue on contact. Jason ... (Salt Lake Tribune)
With friends like these -- Mar 27, 2004
...adopted daughter. Britain argues that, having handed over 20 tons of mustard gas, Libya will need a new set of conventional weapons. Or ... (Scotland on Sunday)
Oliver, Coy: Here's why Iraqis hate us -- Mar 28, 2004
British aircraft bombed and strafed both rebels and civilians, and in the Shia South, artillery shells filled with mustard gas were employed. ... (Topeka Capital Journal)
Blair's visit to Libya : It's about oil , Got it ? -- Mar 26, 2004
Blair’s visit took place just 15 weeks after Libya agreed to abandon its WMD programmes and surrendered a 20-tonne stockpile of mustard gas and nerve agent ... (World Socialist)
Inquiry faults Israel intel on Libya -- Mar 28, 2004
Libya has also acknowledged stockpiling 44,000 pounds of mustard gas and disclosed the location of a production plant to the world's chemical weapons watchdog ... (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Superjumbo petition for leaders -- Mar 30, 2004
Wildlife recorder Mike Griffiths has said mustard gas bombs thrown overboard after World War II could be dislodged and pollute beaches as far away as Llandudno ... (BBC News)
Delaware Senate opposes VX plan -- Mar 31, 2004
...type of wastewater at Chambers Works as a subcontractor for a $1.1 billion Army project to eliminate neutralized waste from a mustard gas stockpile in Aberdeen ... (The News Journal)
OIL FOR PALACES -- Apr 1, 2004
The United Nations was to supervise the sale of Iraqi oil and then ensure that the oil money went for food and medicine, not tanks and mustard gas. ... (New York Post)
World War I, II sparked rise of women in the military -- Mar 25, 2004
...casualties. Injuries caused by more sophisticated weapons (mustard gas, tanks, machine guns) caused horrific wounds and illnesses. ... (Patuxent River Tester)
Libya had gs stores, say inspectors -- Mar 22, 2004
Libya had more than 25 tons of mustard gas and the materials to make thousands of tons of sarin nerve gas, international inspectors revealed. ... (Ireland Online)
Inspectors Verify Libya's Weapons Stash -- Mar 22, 2004
International inspectors have completed their inventory of Libya's chemical weapons stockpiles, reporting more than 20 tons of mustard gas and the materials to ... (Miami Herald)
Libya weapons inventory complete -- Mar 22, 2004
INTERNATIONAL inspectors have completed their inventory of Libya's chemical weapons stockpiles, reporting more than 20 tonnes of mustard gas and the materials ... (NEWS.com.au)
Inspectors verify Libya ’ s chemical weapons stockpiles -- Mar 22, 2004
THE HAGUE: International inspectors have completed their inventory of Libya’s chemical weapons stockpiles, reporting more than 20 tons of mustard gas and the ... (Daily Times)
Lex van den Berghe: The Skinny -- Mar 28, 2004
No, this hug’s been more like the one I gave my overly affectionate, 80-year-old aunt with all the lipstick and mustard-gas perfume when I was a little kid. ... (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
What America has accomplished in Iraq -- Mar 25, 2004
In 1988 he spewed forth a witches’ brew of nerve agents, mustard gas and conventional weapons to kill 5,000 innocent Iraqi civilians – mostly women and ... (Azle News)
If we're to be DuPont dumping ground, let's soak up the spoils -- Mar 31, 2004
Already the company is using the plant to treat and dispose of another chemical weapon, the mustard gas stored at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. ... (The News Journal)
Other Voices - A year without Saddam -- Mar 29, 2004
The weapon of mass destruction for these massacres wasn't necessarily mustard gas or a chemical agent-it was the lunatic at the helm of their throne. ... (Missouri Valley Times News)
Bush Landslide Needed to Unite Country -- Mar 22, 2004
International inspectors have completed their inventory of Libya's chemical weapons stockpiles, reporting more than 20 tons of mustard gas and the materials ... (RushLimbaugh.com)
Inspectors Confirm Libya Chemical Arms Declaration -- Mar 22, 2004
Reuters) - International inspectors have verified Libya's declared stockpile of chemical weapons, including 23 tons of deadly mustard gas, the Organization for ... (Reuters)
Libyan chemical weapons verified -- Mar 22, 2004
International inspectors have verified Libya's declared stockpile of chemical weapons, including 23 tonnes of deadly mustard gas, the Organisation for the ... (Nzoom.com)
Inspectors confirm Libya chemical arms declaration -- Mar 22, 2004
AMSTERDAM - International inspectors have verified Libya's declared stockpile of chemical weapons, including 23 tonnes of deadly mustard gas, the Organisation ... (New Zealand Herald)
Spies, Lies, and Weapons: What Went Wrong -- Mar 19, 2004
One official reportedly told Saddam that it would take six months to produce mustard gas (among the easiest such agents to manufacture); another told Uday that ... (Muslim American Society)
Inspectors Verify Libya's Weapons Stash -- Mar 22, 2004
AP)--International inspectors have completed their inventory of Libya's chemical weapons stockpiles, reporting more than 20 tons of mustard gas and the ... (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Inspectors Verify Libya's Weapons Stash -- Mar 22, 2004
AP) - International inspectors have completed their inventory of Libya's chemical weapons stockpiles, reporting more than 20 tons of mustard gas and the ... (Guardian)
Inspectors verify Libya's weapons stash -- Mar 22, 2004
AP) — International inspectors have completed their inventory of Libya's chemical weapons stockpiles, reporting more than 20 tons of mustard gas and the ... (MLive.com)
Inspectors Verify Libya's Weapons Stash -- Mar 22, 2004
International inspectors have completed their inventory of Libya's chemical weapons stockpiles, reporting more than 20 tons of mustard gas and the materials to ... (Times Daily)
Legal team to assist gas leak victims -- Mar 8, 2004
A leak killed one person and injured 43 others when barrels of mustard gas were dug up at a construction site in Qiqihar on August 4 of last year. ... (China Daily)
NIOSH certifies two gas masks for first responders -- Mar 18, 2004
We want to make sure they protect against sarin and mustard gas, which traditional workplace masks aren't designed for," he said. ... (CIDRAP)
Welcome to Armageddon -- Mar 22, 2004
Among the weapons already uncovered is a long-lost stash of deadly mustard gas buried less than five miles from the White House. ... (Salon)
May I see your ID? -- Mar 17, 2004
...last few years, I’ve collected a horrifying set of booklets, typically sold at gun shows or on the Internet, detailing how to make mustard gas, VX, anthrax ... (ABS CBN News)
May I See Your ID? -- Mar 16, 2004
...the last few years, I've collected a horrifying set of booklets, typically sold at gun shows or on the Internet, detailing how to make mustard gas, VX, anthrax ... (New York Times)
Weapons in our waters -- Mar 24, 2004
Expert advice is that the mustard gas now poses no threat and it's unlikely that the public would come into contact, although these days trawlers work in ... (Townsville Bulletin)
Residents unconcerned by nerve agent leaks -- Mar 21, 2004
The depot, located about 50 miles east of Birmingham, was home for some four decades to about 2,254 tons of nerve agents and mustard gas stored in dirt-covered ... (Charleston Post Courier)
Poison-disposal plan is safe, officials say -- Mar 17, 2004
...the plant, DuPont's Chambers Works Secure Environmental Treatment Unit in Deepwater, is using a similar process on a byproduct of mustard gas from Aberdeen, Md ... (Philadelphia Inquirer)
World Briefing: Europe -- Mar 22, 2004
Completing their inventory of chemical weapons stockpiles, the inspectors reported that Libya, as declared, had made 23 tons of mustard gas. ... (New York Times)
Mass graves testify to Saddam's atrocities -- Mar 13, 2004
...last days. For instance, many of those killed in the north of Iraq in 1988 were subjected to nerve and mustard gas. Haglund investigated ... (United Press International)
EDITORIAL: The Saddam effect -- Mar 24, 2004
...the destruction of more than 3,500 aerial bombs designed to deliver chemical payloads; and have inventoried more than 20 tons of mustard gas and precursor ... (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Freedman: Justification for war in Iraq -- Mar 12, 2004
...director of London's International Institute of Strategic Studies, estimated that Iraq still possessed a few hundred tons of mustard (gas) and precursors for a ... (Sudbury Town Crier & TAB)
The Making of a Humorist -- Mar 17, 2004
...his father, Smelly Kelly, a cook in World War I who killed off his entire regiment by opening a can of mustard that turned out to be mustard gas; and his ... (CardPlayer.com)
Britain to help rebuild Gaddafi's military -- Mar 24, 2004
But as a reward for Libya’s surrender of a 20-tonne stockpile of mustard gas and nerve agent precursors, Mr Blair will offer the services of the Ministry of ... (The Scotsman)
Bush lauds terror work during visit to soldiers -- Mar 19, 2004
...`That was the whole reason we went over there,'' he said. ``I keep hoping that they find something -- anything. Find me a can of mustard gas or something.''. (San Jose Mercury News)
Bush implores countries to stand against terrorism -- Mar 18, 2004
That was the whole reason we went over there," he said. "I keep hoping that they find something - anything. Find me a can of mustard gas or something.". ... (Kansas City Star)
Bush celebrates war anniversary -- Mar 18, 2004
...`I keep hoping that they find something -- anything. Find me a can of mustard gas or something.''. Other soldiers voiced strong support for Bush. ... (Miami Herald)
Bush gives global rally cry against terrorism -- Mar 18, 2004
...went over there,” he said. “I keep hoping that they find something — anything. Find me a can of mustard gas or something.”. (Kansas City Star)
Iraqis' distrust in US warranted -- Mar 19, 2004
British aircraft bombed and strafed both rebels and civilians, and in the Shia South artillery shells filled with mustard gas were employed. ... (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Libyan weapons survey completed -- Mar 22, 2004
As well as 23 tonnes of mustard gas, Libya said it possessed large amounts of chemical agents used in the manufacture of sarin and other toxins. ... (BBC News)
War was unjustified: UN inspectors -- Mar 21, 2004
The Bush administration tended "to say that anything that was unaccounted for existed, whether it was sarin or mustard gas or anthrax," Blix said. ... (Rediff)
All quiet on the appeasement front -- Mar 24, 2004
Egypt, which is also a Muslim country, used such weapons against their Muslim brothers, the Yemenites; Iraq used mustard gas against Kurdish Muslims. ... (Ha'aretz)
Libyans Hope Opening to West Will Bring in Money from US Tourists -- Mar 9, 2004
...centrifuges used to enrich uranium for Libya's secret nuclear bomb project have been safely stored in the United States, and the vats of mustard gas have been ... (Voice of America)
War-era Japanese bomb found in China city -- Mar 14, 2004
In August, one person died and 42 were injured after barrels of abandoned Japanese mustard gas were accidentally dug up at a construction site in Qiqihar and ... (China Daily)
Airbus in Liverpool docks talks -- Mar 22, 2004
...dredge the bed. "Mustard gas was thrown overboard after World War II and has gone to the mouth of the estuary," he said. "If this ... (BBC News)
Iraq war wasn't justified, UN weapons experts say -- Mar 21, 2004
Disarming Iraq," said the Bush administration tended "to say that anything that was unaccounted for existed, whether it was sarin or mustard gas or anthrax.". ... (CNN International)
Bush urges nations to stand firm -- Mar 18, 2004
That was the whole reason we went over there," he said. "I keep hoping that they find something — anything. Find me a can of mustard gas or something.". (Springfield News Leader)
Fmr . Inspector Blix Discusses Iraq Weapons Debate -- Mar 17, 2004
We knew that they had had quantities of mustard gas and anthrax and other things, and they could not tell us with any evidence of where it had gone. ... (NewsHour)
Halabja Revisited After 16 Years -- Mar 16, 2004
WASHINGTON, March 16, 2004 -- Sixteen years ago today, 5,000 innocent Iraqi civilians perished under a barrage of mustard gas; nerve agents sarin, tabun and VX ... (Defenselink.mil)
The Gospel According to Mel Gibson -- Mar 21, 2004
...hero of the twentieth century is Winston Churchill, the man who oversaw the pacification of colonial Iraq and advocated the use of mustard gas against civilians ... (Laksamana)
Libya's declaration on chemical weapons stock was accurate -- Mar 23, 2004
...the statement said. Libya declared 23 tons of mustard gas and 1.300 tons of chemical precursors, the OPCW said. Tripoli handed over ... (Borneo Bulletin)
Decisive or Divisive? -- Mar 10, 2004
Mass Destruction. But now Bush says Saddam was a threat based on his history of using mustard gas on the Kurds 15 years ago. As ... (Democratic Underground)
Into Baghdad -- Mar 19, 2004
In 1988 he spewed forth a witches' brew of nerve agents, mustard gas and conventional weapons to kill 5,000 innocent Iraqi civilians - mostly women and ... (TruthNews.com)
Day of Reckoning -- Mar 19, 2004
...'That was the whole reason we went over there,' he said. 'I keep hoping that they find something -- anything. Find me a can of mustard gas or something.' ". (Washington Post)
Libya Had Massive Chemical Weapons Stockpile -- Mar 22, 2004
Among the potential weapons declared and verified were 25.3 tons of mustard gas and 1,430 tons of precursor chemicals for the production of nerve gas, the OPCW ... (The Scotsman)
to Saddam's evil -- Mar 11, 2004
...last days. For instance, many of those murdered in the north of Iraq in 1988 were subjected to nerve and mustard gas. Haglund investigated ... (WorldNetDaily)
DVD Reviews -- Mar 9, 2004
Gilliam also indulges his taste for irruptions of history, particularly a love of all things French, and Great War drama (the mustard gas here, similar to the ... (New York Press)
Rural Oregon goes Wi-Fi, blazing trails in technology -- Mar 16, 2004
About 6.6 million pounds of deadly mustard gas and nerve agents such as GB and VX are stored at the depot, awaiting incineration. ... (Oregonian)
Welcome to Iraqifornia -- Mar 10, 2004
On March 16 of that year, Iraqi aircraft dropped mustard gas on the town, killing 5,000, injuring another 10,000 or so -- although the further casualty toll ... (Tech Central Station)
Chinese victims of WWII gas threaten to sue Japan -- 02 Feb 2004
The victims will ask the Japanese government to apologize for leaving the mustard
gas dug up at a construction site in Qiqihar, northeastern China. ... (Japan Today, Japan)
Weapons victims sue Japan -- 02 Feb 2004
Some 40 victims of last August's mustard gas exposure tragedy in Qiqihar in Northeast
China's Heilongjiang Province signed power of attorneys with Chinese ... (China Daily, China)
A Drawing Down of the Blinds -- 02 Feb 2004
Owen, killed in action a week before the armistice in 1918 and writing of the flower
of his generation slaughtered in the mud, hacking on the mustard gas David ... (Washington Dispatch)
Israel, Ban the Bomb -- 02 Feb 2004
Libya, that on again, off again sponsor of international terrorism since the 1970's,
has plenty of chemical weapons - about 100 tons of mustard gas and nerve ... (Opinion Editorials, United States)
Army lax on site cleanup -- 02 Feb 2004
Resulting problems range from contractors at Dugway once accidentally digging
up old materials contaminated with mustard gas, to a housing development in ... (Deseret News, UT)
Mustard gas found by Iraq weapon hunters -- Jan 10, 2004
Dozens of mortar rounds believed to be armed with mustard gas have
been discovered buried in Iraq, Danish troops said yesterday. ... (Guardian, UK)
SCIENCE : Hitler ’ s chemical weapons a seeping menace -- Feb 1, 2004
They had no idea it was mustard gas. Thorsen spent three months in
hospital, and his hands are badly scarred despite skin grafts. ... (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Qaddafi Buckles after Eying Saddam in His Spider Hole -- Feb 1, 2004
Libya has a huge underground facility at Rabta which in the 1980s stockpiled
100 tons of mustard gas and chemicals for making nerve agents. ... (DEBKAfile, Israel)
Army to Hold Hearings on Nerve Agent -- Jan 26, 2004
Treatment, a biodegradation facility. That agent, a byproduct of mustard
gas, is being shipped from Aberdeen Proving Ground. So far, the ... (New York Times)
Vets hoping for out-of-court poison gas settlement -- Jan 26, 2004
Rod Pacholzuk, a lawyer for hundreds of the men, says as many as 1,500 may have
been subjected to the tests, which involved liquid mustard gas, phosgene and ... (CBC Calgary, Canada)
Letter from London -- Feb 1, 2004
MI6 chief, Sir Richard Dearlove’s admission that the original ’45 minute’
claim only referred to artillery shells that could be filled with mustard gas ... (Guerilla News Network)
US Tests Show No Traces of WMD in Iraqi Shells -- Jan 18, 2004
Iraq Survey Group, which was dispatched to the site in Basra last week after the
British and Danish tests indicated the shells contained a form of mustard gas. ... (NewsMax.com)
'The most fitting price of deceit' -- Jan 29, 2004
...massive stockpile of biological weapons that has never been accounted for” and
of producing “thousands of tonnes of chemical agents, including mustard gas ... (Aljazeerah.info)
US brings large cargo of nuclear gear from Libya -- Jan 28, 2004
...stocks. Libya reportedly has large quantities of mustard gas and chemical
munitions as well as longer-range missiles to be destroyed. ... (Hindustan Times, India)
Ottawa moves to compensate vets for poison gas injuries -- Jan 22, 2004
The effort comes as a lawyer is preparing a class-action lawsuit on behalf of veterans
who endured poisonous mustard gas trials on the Alberta prairie during ... (The Globe and Mail, Canada)
Government seeks gas-test veterans -- Jan 23, 2004
The effort comes as a lawyer prepares a class-action lawsuit on behalf of veterans
who endured poisonous mustard gas trials on the Alberta prairie during the ... (Winnipeg Sun, Canada)
Compensate Suffield vets, MP says -- Jan 27, 2004
The wartime testing used mustard gas, phosgene and other deadly chemicals on
Canadian troops, scarring them with black blisters all over their bodies. ... (CBC Edmonton, Canada)
Powell , Kay Concede WMD Threat Was Overstated -- Jan 26, 2004
In some areas, such as the blister agent known as mustard gas, Kay says it would
have been a relatively simple step for Iraq to quickly start production. ... (Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic)
Ex-inspector: Intelligence to blame for claim on Iraq -- Jan 29, 2004
As the alleged stockpiles of anthrax, botulinum toxin, VX nerve agents and mustard
gas that Bush warned of before the war have failed to materialize, he has ... (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
Inspector faults data on Iraq ’ s weapons -- Jan 26, 2004
...‘But in some areas, for example producing mustard gas, they knew all the answers,
they had done it in the past, and it was a relatively simple thing to go ... (International Herald Tribune, France)
Blair defiant over WMDs as aides face Hutton censure -- Jan 26, 2004
...question. "Among the numerous errors the DIS spotted in the first draft
of the dossier was that mustard gas "can kill in minutes". ... (New Zealand Herald, New Zealand)
North Korea ‘ tested gas on prisoners ’ -- Jan 24, 2004
The accounts connect North Korean scientists and factory managers with chemical warfare
programmes to produce mustard gas and to test it on human victims along ... (The Sunday Times, UK)
Lack of Iraqi WMD Requires Intelligence Review -- Jan 26, 2004
But in some areas, for example producing mustard gas, they knew all the answers,
they had done it in the past, and it was a relatively simple thing to go from ... (Frankfort Times, IN)
Russia needs foreign aid to scrap its chemical weapons -- Jan 28, 2004
Region”. “The methods of scrapping mustard gas and lewisite weapons
were tried and tested there on two lines,” Kholstov stated. ... (ITAR-TASS, Russia)
Just-cause argument doesn't cut it anymore -- Jan 27, 2004
For the United States, Saddam’s evil nature wasn’t war-worthy when the
government knew he was using mustard gas on Kurds after the Gulf War. ... (Montana Kaimin, MT)
Elusive truth on WMDs -- Jan 28, 2004
A year ago, President Bush was ringing loud alarms. Iraq had 500 tons
of sarin, VX, mustard gas and other bad-boy toxins and vapors. ... (Charlotte Observer, NC)
How Much More Evidence Is Needed ? -- Jan 28, 2004
...provided evidence that Saddam Hussein has not accounted for up to 25,000 liters
of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulinum toxin, 500 tons of sarin, mustard gas ... (The Common Voice, United States)
Former US weapons inspector exonerates Bush -- Jan 28, 2004
...stated confidently that Saddam possessed large clandestine stockpiles of biological
weapons like anthrax and botulism and chemical weapons including mustard gas ... (CTV, Canada)
State of the Union invokes flashbacks of Baghdad Bob -- Jan 26, 2004
...didn’t talk about “programs.” He claimed Iraq possessed 15,000 liters of anthrax;
38,000 liters of botulinum toxin; and 500 tons of sarin, mustard gas ... (Nashville City Paper, TN)
Peace returns to Iraq's Valley of Peace -- Jan 27, 2004
An uprising that swept the Shiite south and Kurdish north of Iraq immediately after
the Gulf War in 1991 was put down in some cities with mustard gas hosed out ... (Christian Science Monitor)
Libya Disposes of Phantom Arsenal to Curry Washington's Favor -- Jan 26, 2004
...chief of non-proliferation research at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, told the Los Angeles Times that Libya’s stocks of mustard gas ... (The New Standard, United States)
Results from second test of suspected blister agent in Iraq may ... -- Jan 12, 2004
Before the war, the United States asserted Iraq still had stockpiles of mustard
gas, a World War I-era blister agent that is stored in liquid form. ... (San Diego Union Tribune, CA)
Vets who endured chemical tests get pensions -- Jan 23, 2004
The effort comes as a lawyer is preparing a class-action lawsuit on behalf of veterans
who endured poisonous mustard gas trials on the Alberta prairie during ... (Canoe.ca, Canada)
Agent Orange author fights for next generation -- Jan 27, 2004
...said. Mrs Williams said every war had left a toxic legacy, from mustard
gas in World Wars I and II to the chemicals of Vietnam. ... (Brisbane Courier Mail, Australia)
Time for Reparations : Not reoccupation or rebuilding -- Jan 28, 2004
Just to take one example, remember when its forces battled for over a decade to
pacify the country, using airplanes, armored cars, firebombs and mustard gas. ... (Media Monitors Network, United States)
Hesperia Holding, Inc. to trade its stock publicly -- Jan 27, 2004
...acquired for the Victorville Fire Department through a homeland security grant,
can detect a number of lethal nerve agents including Sarin and Mustard Gas. ... (Victorville Daily Press, CA)
Eric Pfeiffer : -- Jan 28, 2004
...depots ... Rough estimates conclude that Iraq may have retained up to
600 metric tons of agents, including mustard gas, VX, and sarin. ... (National Review Online)
Politics, War and Deception -- Jan 24, 2004
We know that the regime has produced thousands of tons of chemical agents,
including mustard gas, sarin nerve gas, VX nerve gas." -- George W. Bush. ... (Democratic Underground)
Blister Agent Found in Buried Iraq Mortar Shells -- Jan 11, 2004
Before the war, the United States alleged Iraq still had stockpiles of mustard
gas, a World War I-era blister agent that is stored in liquid form. ... (FOX News)
Denmark Tests Chemical on Iraqi Shells -- Jan 12, 2004
Before the war, the United States asserted that Iraq still had stockpiles of mustard
gas, a World War I-era blister agent that is stored in liquid form. ... (Washington Post, DC)
Iraqi 'blister agent' tested -- Jan 12, 2004
Before the war, the United States asserted that Iraq still had stockpiles of
mustard gas, a World War I blister agent that was stored in liquid form. ... (News24, South Africa)
Iraqi Shells 'Chemical Free' -- Jan 19, 2004
...been raised when 4 field tests -- 2 by the Danish Army, and 2 by the UK -- concluded
that the shells did in fact contain a blistering agent such as Mustard gas ... (GOPUSA, TX)
Tests reveal buried shells contained blister gas -- Jan 11, 2004
Before the war, the United States alleged Iraq still had stockpiles of mustard
gas, a First World War-era blister agent that is stored in liquid form. ... (The Scotsman, UK)
First tests point to blister gas in shells found in Iraq -- Jan 10, 2004
Before the war, the United States alleged that Iraq still had stockpiles of mustard
gas, a World War I-era blister agent that is stored in liquid form. ... (Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN)
The Post vs. The President -- Jan 20, 2004
What he said about the American intelligence community's assessment of Iraq's
ability to produce sarin, mustard gas and VX, as reflected in the National ... (Frontpagemag.com)
Shells found in Iraq free of chemical warfare agents -- Jan 18, 2004
Before invading Iraq, the United States asserted that Saddam’s regime had stockpiles
of mustard gas, a First World War-era blister agent that is stored in ... (IrishExaminer.com, Ireland)
Troops find 'chemical weapons' in Iraq -- Jan 10, 2004
Tests of a suspicious liquid that was leaking from the shells found
that it was a form of blister gas, which include mustard gas. ... (The Scotsman, UK)
Chemical weapons -- Jan 10, 2004
...about two days. Mustard gas, one of the best known of the blister
agents, can remain toxic in the soil for decades. Although it ... (Sunday Herald, UK)
Kay Says Iraq Likely Had No Banned Arms -- Jan 25, 2004
...`But in some areas, for example producing mustard gas, they knew all the answers,
they had done it in the past, and it was a relatively simple thing to go ... (Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA)
Shells found near Basra were not chemical weapons -- Jan 18, 2004
Initial tests detected traces of mustard gas, a First World War-era chemical weapon,
suggesting that the shells were from the mid-1980s - when Saddam used ... (Independent, UK)
Iraqi shells did not contain chemical agents, say Danes -- Jan 18, 2004
Initial tests claimed detect traces of mustard gas, a World War I-era chemical
weapon, and the assumption was that the shells dated back to the mid-1980s ... (New Zealand Herald, New Zealand)
American and British Weapons Experts Return to Libya -- Jan 19, 2004
Plans are also being laid by Libyan chemical weapons scientists to incinerate
tons of mustard gas agent manufactured fill chemical bombs, the senior ... (New York Times)
Western Team Said to Be in Libya on Antiweapons Mission -- Jan 19, 2004
Plans are also being laid by Libyan chemical weapons scientists to incinerate
tons of mustard gas agent that was manufactured to fill chemical bombs, the ... (New York Times, NY)
US, UK Reach Deal With IAEA on Libya -- Jan 19, 2004
Libyan scientists are also planning to incinerate tons of mustard gas
agent, manufactured to fill chemical bombs, the Times reported. ... (Miami Herald, FL)
Failure to find WMD in Iraq points to intelligence failure, Kay ... -- Jan 25, 2004
...'But in some areas, for example producing mustard gas, they knew all the answers,
they had done it in the past, and it was a relatively simple thing to go ... (Boston Globe, MA)
Weapons destruction on schedule -- Jan 21, 2004
...a year. After that, the plant will enter the final phase of the weapons
destruction program involving mustard gas. The destruction ... (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)
Weapons disposal may start soon -- Jan 20, 2004
Plans are also being laid by Libyan chemical weapons scientists to incinerate
tons of mustard gas agent manufactured to fill chemical bombs, the senior ... (Miami Herald, FL)
British, UN and US disarmament inspectors now all in Libya -- Jan 20, 2004
...the US State Department's special negotiator for chemical and biological arms control
issues, and is in Tripoli planning how to destroy tonnes of mustard gas ... (Channel News Asia, Singapore)
Destruction awaits weapons in Libya -- Jan 19, 2004
Plans are also being laid by Libyan chemical weapons scientists to incinerate
tons of mustard gas agent that was manufactured to fill chemical bombs, the ... (Dallas Morning News, TX)
Vets used as guinea pigs, say officials -- Jan 23, 2004
The effort comes as a lawyer is preparing a class-action lawsuit on behalf of veterans
who endured poisonous mustard gas trials on the Alberta Prairie during ... (Edmonton Sun, Canada)
The Granite grind -- Jan 25, 2004
Meanwhile, we Bostonians suffer the collateral damage of political ads that
blanket our airwaves like mustard gas. Then again, everything changes. ... (Boston Globe, MA)
Libya to cooperate with US and UK weapons teams -- Jan 23, 2004
...was studying issues like how to dismantle and physically remove the bulk of the
Libyan nuclear arms program from the country and how to deal with mustard gas ... (All Africa, Mauritania)
British troops stand by to train Libyan forces -- Jan 24, 2004
Separate plans are being made for Libyan chemical weapons scientists to destroy several
tons of a mustard-gas agent that could have filled missile warheads, a ... (Telegraph.co.uk, UK)
Weapons experts in Libya to begin dismantling task -- Jan 20, 2004
Plans are also being laid by Libyan chemical weapons scientists to incinerate tons
of mustard gas agent manufactured to fill bombs, the senior administration ... (Chicago Tribune, IL)
Blair defiant over WMDs as aides face Hutton censure -- Jan 25, 2004
...question.". Among the numerous errors the DIS spotted in the first
draft of the dossier was that mustard gas "can kill in minutes". ... (Independent, UK)
US, British experts plan to destroy Libyan arms -- Jan 20, 2004
...for chemical and biological arms control issues, the US-British team of about a
dozen experts was in Tripoli planning how to destroy tons of mustard gas and ... (Dispatch Online, South Africa)
US, UN and British Nuclear Experts in Libya -- Jan 20, 2004
The Times, citing a senior Bush administration official, said Libyan chemical weapons
scientists are also making plans to incinerate tons of mustard gas agent ... (Voice of America)
'We have not come all the way through tragedy only to falter' -- Jan 21, 2004
He said Saddam had the materials to produce 25,000 litres of anthrax, 38,000 litres
of botulinum toxin and 500 tonnes of sarin, mustard gas and VX nerve agent ... (The Times, UK)
American congressmen prepare to visit Tripoli; Libya cooperates ... -- Jan 25, 2004
...studying means of dismantling and eliminating the Libyan nuclear weapons plans in
the country ,and means of dealing with the Libyans reservoirs of mustard gas ... (Arabic News, Middle East)
Libya cooperating with UK and US weapons teams -- Jan 21, 2004
...was studying issues like how to dismantle and physically remove the bulk of the Libyan
nuclear arms programme from the country and how to deal with mustard gas ... (Reuters, UK)
Last wounded vet of World War I dies in St. Petersburg -- Jan 9, 2004
During the battle Pugh inhaled mustard gas in the Argonne forest. It
left him unconscious, and with chronic laryngitis. "The Germans ... (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Last known WWI-injury survivor -- Jan 10, 2004
During the battle Pugh inhaled mustard gas in the Argonne forest. It
left him unconscious and with chronic laryngitis. ''The Germans ... (Miami Herald, FL)
Spies, Lies, and Weapons: What Went Wrong -- Jan 14, 2004
One official reportedly told Saddam that it would take six months to produce mustard
gas (among the easiest such agents to manufacture); another told Uday that ... (Atlantic Online)
Iraq mortar shells 'contained blister agent' -- Jan 11, 2004
Before the war, the US alleged Iraq still had stockpiles of mustard gas,
a World War I-era blister agent that is stored in liquid form. ... (Ireland Online, Ireland)
250 Paragraphs Of Evidence Supporting the Invasion of Iraq -- Jan 22, 2004
On at least 10 occasions, Saddam Hussein's military forces have attacked Iranian
and Kurdish targets with combinations of mustard gas and nerve agents through ... (Opinion Editorials, United States)
Weapons experts reportedly in Libya to remove weapons -- Jan 20, 2004
Plans are also being laid by Libyan chemical weapons scientists to incinerate tons
of mustard gas agent that were manufactured to fill chemical bombs, the ... (Charlotte Observer, NC)
Team from US, Britain in Libya on anti-weapons job -- Jan 20, 2004
Plans are also being laid by Libyan chemical weapons scientists to incinerate tons
of mustard gas agent manufactured to fill chemical bombs, the official said. ... (AZ Central.com, United States)
Libya's disarmament deal on track -- Jan 21, 2004
The British-US team of about a dozen experts is in Tripoli planning how to destroy
tonnes of mustard gas and how to evacuate any highly enriched uranium from ... (Borneo Bulletin, Brunei Darussalam)
Libyan weapons to be destroyed -- Jan 20, 2004
In addition, plans are being made by Libyan chemical weapons scientists to incinerate
tons of mustard gas agent manufactured to fill chemical bombs, the senior ... (Contra Costa Times, CA)
Baghdad Bob is back! -- Jan 22, 2004
He claimed Iraq possessed 15,000 liters of anthrax; 38,000 liters of botulinum
toxin; and 500 tons of sarin, mustard gas and VX nerve agent. ... (WorldNetDaily)
US-led group begins testing mortar shells suspected of containing ... -- Jan 13, 2004
Before launching the war on March 20, the United States asserted Iraq still had
stockpiles of mustard gas, a World War I-era blister agent that is stored in ... (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
Iraqi mortar shells chemical-free: Tests -- Jan 14, 2004
Before invading Iraq, the United States asserted that Saddam's regime had stockpiles
of mustard gas, a First World War-era blister agent that is stored in ... (Toronto Star, Canada)
Tests Show No Agent in Iraq Mortar Shells -- Jan 14, 2004
Before invading Iraq, the United States asserted that Saddam Hussein's regime had
stockpiles of mustard gas, a World War I-era blister agent that is stored in ... (Kansas City Star, MO)
Danes say tests on suspect mortar shells inconclusive -- Jan 14, 2004
Before invading Iraq, the United States said Saddam Hussein's regime had stockpiles
of mustard gas, a World War I-era blister agent that is stored in liquid ... (San Diego Union Tribune, CA)
Possible Iraqi blister agent tested -- Jan 12, 2004
Before the war, the United States asserted Iraq still had stockpiles of mustard
gas, a First World War-era blister agent that is stored in liquid form. ... (Toronto Star, Canada)
Iraqis demanding jobs stone British and Iraqi forces a day after ... -- Jan 11, 2004
Before the war started on March 20, the United States alleged that Iraq still had
stockpiles of mustard gas, a World War I-era blister agent stored in liquid ... (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
Chemical weapon search dead end -- Jan 14, 2004
Before invading Iraq, the United States asserted that Saddam's regime had stockpiles
of mustard gas, a World War I-era blister agent that is stored in liquid ... (The Australian, Australia)
Iraqis demanding jobs reassemble a day after deadly clash with ... -- Jan 11, 2004
Before the war, the United States alleged Iraq still had stockpiles of
mustard gas, a World War I-era blister agent stored in liquid form. ... (Boston Globe, MA)
Another smokeless gun in Iraq -- Jan 15, 2004
Before invading Iraq, the United States asserted that Saddam's regime had stockpiles
of mustard gas, a World War 1-era blister agent that is stored in liquid ... (News24, South Africa)
Past support of Saddam revealed -- 25 Dec 2003
The Progressive (November 2002), throughout 1989 and 1990, "with the permission of
the first Bush Administration," US companies supplied Iraq with mustard gas ... (Oregonian, OR)
Chinese victims of Japan's chemical weapons to get compensation -- 25 Dec 2003
A toxic gas leak killed one person and injured 43 others after barrels of mustard
gas were dug up at a construction site in Qiqihar, in northeast China's ... (EastDay.com, China)
Mustard Gas and Seismic Blasts -- Dec 22, 2003
Bryden also chronicled the delivery of 2800 tons of mustard gas from Stormont Chemicals
in Cornwall, Ontario to where it was dumped off the Coast of Sable ... (The Dominion, Canada)
Bush on a roll -- Dec 23, 2003
In its war with Chad, Libya became one of a very few states to use such
weapons in 1987. They were mustard gas bombs, supplied by Iran. ... (Washington Times, DC)
Libya 'had advanced nuclear effort' -- Dec 21, 2003
Libya also possesses an aging but potent stockpile of mustard gas and had conducted
experiments on the nerve agents sarin and soman, US officials said Saturday ... (Gulf News, United Arab Emirates)
CIA disclose cooperation with UK and Libya; Libya cancels Arab ... -- Dec 22, 2003
Mustard gas is said to be a World War I type of weapon, which hints at how advanced
Libya was in the fashionable term used "weopons of mass destruction," and ... (Arabic News)
UN nuclear teams will be sent to Libya within days -- Dec 21, 2003
American and British inspectors said that during their visits they had been
shown tens of tonnes of mustard gas produced at least a decade ago at a ... (The Times, UK)
US gives details on Libya weapons -- Dec 21, 2003
Libya, which agreed to give up its weapons programs Friday, told the agents
that it possesses tons of mustard gas and other chemical weapons materials ... (Boston Globe, MA)
Libya made progress in nuclear goal -- Dec 21, 2003
Libya also possesses an aging but potent stockpile of mustard gas and had conducted
experiments on the nerve agents sarin and soman, US officials said yesterday ... (MSNBC)
Libya aims to rejoin international fold -- Dec 20, 2003
Libyan officials also showed their visitors "a significant quantity" of mustard
gas and aerial bombs that could be filled with mustard gas, as well as a dual ... (Al-Jazeera, Qatar)
Libya to give up weapons program -- Dec 20, 2003
He said Libyan officials showed their US and British counterparts "a significant
quantity" of mustard gas and aerial bombs that could be filled with mustard gas ... (Buffalo News, NY)
Great surprise from Libya -- Dec 22, 2003
...long-range missiles. They also found huge stocks of mustard gas and
evidence of experiments with nerve gas. Because Gadhafi has ... (Charleston Post Courier, SC)
UN Libya Inspections to Start Next Week -- Dec 22, 2003
...`The outward signs are that this is a genuine sea change,'' said a diplomat, noting
the Libyans opened up sites containing mustard gas on demand to US and ... (Guardian, UK)
Libya agrees to open nuclear programs to inspections as early as ... -- Dec 22, 2003
...are that this is a genuine sea change," said a diplomat, describing the Libyans
as "forthright and honest," as they opened up sites containing mustard gas on ... (Winnipeg Sun, Canada)
Libya Gives Up WMDs -- Dec 22, 2003
Much of the projects they have disclosed are ones that are no longer in place
and some are very ancient technology, including primarily mustard gas. ... (Washington Post)
UN official says he'll lead Libya inspection -- Dec 23, 2003
The outward signs are that this is a genuine sea change," said a diplomat, noting
the Libyans opened up sites containing mustard gas on demand to US and ... (Boston Globe, MA)
UN Agency to Lead Libya Nuke Inspection -- Dec 22, 2003
...are that this is a genuine sea change,'' said a diplomat, describing the Libyans
as ``forthright and honest,'' as they opened up sites containing mustard gas ... (Guardian, UK)
El Baradei to head for Libya within days -- Dec 22, 2003
...are that this is a genuine sea change," said the diplomat, describing the Libyans
as "forthright and honest," as they opened up sites containing mustard gas on ... (The Scotsman, UK)
Sarin 'used on servicemen' -- Dec 19, 2003
Mustard Gas was given to servicemen as part of experiments carried out at
a government research lab, according to a newly released document. ... (BBC News, UK)
Libya to Give Up Arms Programs, Bush Announces -- Dec 19, 2003
...earlier this month, American and British intelligence and weapons experts were given
a guided tour of the country's arsenal, reportedly including mustard gas ... (New York Times)
UN atomic agency may start inspection in Libya next week -- Dec 23, 2003
The outward signs are that this is a genuine sea change," said a diplomat, noting
the Libyans opened up sites containing mustard gas to US and British teams ... (Charleston Post Courier, SC)
UN nuke watchdog could inspect Libya next week -- Dec 22, 2003
On the chemical weapons front, intelligence agents have seen mustard gas and chemicals
for nerve agents. They also saw some missile research facilities. ... (CTV, Canada)
Israel, Ban the Bomb -- Dec 22, 2003
Libya, that on again, off again sponsor of international terrorism since the 1970's,
has plenty of chemical weapons - about 100 tons of mustard gas and nerve ... (Michnews.com)
Gadhafi's disarmament promise -- Dec 21, 2003
Libya also admitted that it produced mustard gas and bought Scud-C ballistic
missiles made in North Korea, which can hit targets 500 miles away. ... (Washington Times, DC)
FrontPage magazine.com -- Dec 22, 2003
Libya, that on again/off again sponsor of international terrorism since the 1970's,
has plenty of chemical weapons: about 100 tons of mustard gas and nerve ... (Frontpagemag.com)
Libya 'Seeking Wmd Arsenal since 1970s' -- Dec 20, 2003
It is one of the few states known to have used WMD in battle in recent decades,
having unleashed mustard gas against troops of neighbouring Chad in 1987. ... (The Scotsman, UK)
Libya Vows to Give Up Banned Weapons -- Dec 19, 2003
...visitors equipment in storage that could outfit a backup chemical weapons production
line to reinforce or replace the facility near Rabta, where mustard gas ... (Washington Post)
Libya to Give Up Arms Programs, Bush Announces -- Dec 20, 2003
...one earlier this month, American and British intelligence and weapons experts were
given a tour of the country's arsenal, reportedly including mustard gas, a ... (The Ledger, FL)
Libya to abandon weapons programs -- Dec 20, 2003
...including one this month, US and British intelligence and weapons experts were given
a guided tour of the country's arsenal, reportedly including mustard gas ... (Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX)
Libya vows ban on big weapons -- Dec 20, 2003
...one earlier this month, US and British intelligence and weapons experts were given
a guided tour of the country's arsenal, reportedly including mustard gas ... (Marin Independent-Journal, CA)
Analysis: Qadaffi Scoured World for WMDs -- Dec 23, 2003
...at it. By the 1980s, US intelligence estimated he had finally produced
no less than 100 tons of mustard gas and nerve agents. He ... (Insight on the News, DC)
In a devastated village, hopes of facing Saddam -- Dec 18, 2003
...people died in basements because they were hiding from what they thought were regular
explosive bombs rather than containers of sarin, tabun and mustard gas. ... (International Herald Tribune, France)
How US managed deal with Khadafy -- Dec 21, 2003
The experts found tens of tons of mustard gas, a chemical weapon first used in
World War I, that had been produced about a decade ago, US officials said. ... (San Francisco Chronicle, CA)
Libya agrees to halt arms programs -- Dec 20, 2003
While it was previously known that Libya had mustard gas and other chemical or biological
agents, Britain said Libya had been close to making a nuclear bomb. ... (Boston Globe, MA)
Bush to reward Libya for giving up WMD -- Dec 19, 2003
...official said. "They showed us aerial bombs that were designed to be
filled with mustard gas on short notice," he added. They also ... (Reuters, UK)
One Threat Removed -- Dec 18, 2003
Iraq had VX, a deadly nerve gas; anthrax; bombs fitted with parachutes designed to
deliver poison gas or germ payloads; artillery shells filled with mustard gas ... (Crosswalk.com)
Epitaph For Saddam -- Dec 20, 2003
...a report written by its own military intelligence that the bulk, if not all, of the
Kurds killed at Halabja had died as a result of cyanide and not mustard gas ... (Outlookindia.com, UK)
Libya arms talks lasted months -- Dec 21, 2003
The experts found tens of tons of mustard gas that had been produced about a decade
ago, US officials said, and hundreds of aerial bombs that could be used to ... (International Herald Tribune, France)
New role for Libya: Disarmament may yield data on other nations' ... -- Dec 21, 2003
...nuclear weapon. Libya's primary chemical stockpile — "tens of tons"
of material for mustard gas — was about a decade old. However ... (Seattle Times, WA)
Bush official: Libya's nuclear program a surprise -- Dec 19, 2003
The Bush official said Libya also showed a team of United Nations and British inspectors
"a significant amount of mustard" gas -- a lethal nerve agent that can ... (CNN International)
Iran 'owed billions for Saddam war' -- Dec 17, 2003
...of the war. An estimated 20,000 Iranians were killed by Iraqi mustard
gas or by nerve agents during the conflict. Iran points out ... (BBC News, UK)
Libya offers to scrap banned weapons -- Dec 19, 2003
He said the Libyan programs are not considered significant by arms-control experts,
although Libya is believed to have used mustard gas in the late 1980s ... (The Globe and Mail, Canada)
Officials: Libya's disarmament could yield intelligence -- Dec 20, 2003
...nuclear weapon. Libya's primary chemical stockpile - "tens of tons"
of material for mustard gas - was about a decade old. However ... (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Likely charges against Saddam -- Dec 17, 2003
...of the war. An estimated 20,000 Iranians were killed by Iraqi mustard
gas or by nerve agents during the conflict. In 1988, when ... (BBC News, UK)
'Libya was developing nuclear, chemical weapons' -- Dec 20, 2003
The Libyan experts also showed "a significant quantity" of mustard gas, aerial
bombs that were designed to be filled with mustard agent on short notice and ... (The Hindu, India)
Libya giving up WMD programs, Bush says -- Dec 19, 2003
The experts were shown stocks of mustard gas, centrifuge equipment for processing
weapons-grade uranium, precursor chemical agents and documents on WMD programs ... (United Press International)
Secret negotiations lead to a direction change -- Dec 19, 2003
...than 10 nuclear sites. Libya also revealed a decade-old stockpile of
mustard gas with aerial bombs to deliver it. In addition, the ... (Financial Times, UK)
Cirincione:Libya's move precedes the war in Iraq -- Dec 20, 2003
...weapons that. They had produced about 100 tons of chemical weapons,
mustard gas mainly, in the late 1980s, the early 1990s. They ... (CNN International)
Q&A: Libya's secret WMD -- Dec 19, 2003
According to US estimates, Libya had made its greatest strides with chemical weapons,
producing about 100 tons of mustard gas and nerve agents in the 1980s at ... (BBC News, UK)
Gaddafi turns in 'smoking gun' -- Dec 21, 2003
...programs. Libya's primary chemical stockpile – "tens of tons" of
material for producing mustard gas – was about a decade old. ... (The Australian, Australia)
Thinking the unthinkable: how Libya returned to fold -- Dec 20, 2003
...world. There is little doubt he used mustard gas against fighters in
Chad in 1987, when he intervened in his neighbour's civil war. ... (Independent, UK)
Lybia abandons weapons program -- Dec 21, 2003
...programs. Libya's primary chemical stockpile - "tens of tons" of material
for producing mustard gas - was about a decade old. The ... (NEWS.com.au, Australia)
The meeting that brought Libya in from the cold -- Dec 20, 2003
Instead, real concern has focused on Tripoli's retention of chemical weapons
- believed to be about 100 tonnes of mustard gas at the last audit, and an ... (Guardian, UK)
Libya set to drop arms, says Bush -- Dec 20, 2003
The agents were also shown stores of chemical weapons - including mustard gas made
a decade ago - and aerial bombs set aside to be filled with such agents on ... (The Age, Australia)
"Unknown progress in Libya nuke programme" -- Dec 21, 2003
Libya also possesses an aging but potent stockpile of mustard gas and had conducted
experiments on the nerve agents Sarin and Soman, US officials said. ... (The Hindu, India)
Libyan relations with the West since the 1980s -- Dec 20, 2003
...aircraft in January 1989. By March 1990 West Germany joined the US in
saying Libya was making mustard gas at Rabta. The factory burnt ... (Reuters AlertNet, UK)
New tactics by US seen as catalyst -- Dec 20, 2003
...notably chemical weapons. Libya used mustard gas bombs provided by
Iran in its war against neighboring Chad in 1987. It also has ... (Boston Globe, MA)
Libyan arms trail could lead US to sources -- Dec 20, 2003
...nuclear weapon. Libya's primary chemical stockpile -- "tens of tons"
of material for mustard gas -- was about a decade old. However ... (Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA)
Libya pledges to reject terror -- Dec 19, 2003
The agents were also shown stores of chemical weapons, including lethal mustard gas
made a decade ago, and aerial bombs set aside to be filled with such agents ... (Arizona Republic, AZ)
Gaddafi: In from the cold -- Dec 20, 2003
...programme for 20 years.". In 1987, its neighbour Chad accused it of
using mustard gas in a conflict there. The big surprise, though ... (BBC News, UK)
Uk in secret talks with pariahs -- Dec 20, 2003
The arsenal also included 100 tonnes of mustard gas and other nerve agents that
could wreak devastation on thousands of people if fired on Europe |
