U.S. To Miss Deadline To Destroy Chemical Weapons

[Kadie]

U.S. To Miss Deadline To Destroy Chemical Weapons

POSTED: 4:59 am PDT May 11, 2006


SALT LAKE CITY -- The U.S. Army blamed unanticipated red tape and technical problems for why it will miss a 2012 deadline to dispose of the country's chemical weapons stockpiles.

The U.S. has destroyed 10,125 metric tons of chemical weapons out of its declared inventory of 27,768 metric tons, and acknowledged Wednesday it won't get the job done under the terms of a treaty ratified by 178 countries.

Russia, which has the world's largest stockpile, is even further behind. It has destroyed only 3 percent of its 40,000 metric tons of chemical weapons, embassy spokesman Yevgeniy Khorishko said.

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The Army's Chemical Materials Agency cited delays caused by state regulators and troubled chemical-weapons incinerators that have had to be shut or slowed down for modifications. It offered no new projection on how long the mission will take to finish after 2012.

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[Ezlivin]

1. Didn't they try to destroy some anthrax by mailing it to Senator Daschle?

Perhaps they are just going about it the wrong way.

[No New War]

3. Yeah!

We can dispose of them in Iran! Great idea! :sarcasm:

[No New War]

2. Unanticipated Red Tape...

Like cheney causing the revival of the cold war?

[jsamuel]

4. no, like environmentalists saying they can't blow it up in the ocean

and kill all the sea life...

[Roland99]

5. Uh-oh, looks like Iraq will have a chance to exact revenge

[leveymg]

6. Wanted: disposal site for 17,643 tons of chemical weapons

Prefer Middle Eastern/S. Asia location with abundant oil supplies. Reply in confidence to D. Rumsfeld, SOD, The Pentagon, Arlington, VA USA.