The Pentagon said Tuesday it had made progress in destroying Syrian chemical *******, saying specialists on a US military ship had neutralized "100 percent" of a precursor used to make lethal Sarin gas. After a global outcry over deadly chemical attacks in a Damascus suburb last year that may have killed as many as 1,400 people, President Bashar al-Assad's regime agreed to an international plan to destroy its stockpile. "I am pleased to an**unce that the crew aboard Cape Ray has completed neutralization of 100 percent of the sarin precursor aboard the ship, which amounts to about 581 metric tons neutralized," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said. The destruction of these agents by hydrolysis began in early July and, according to the Pentagon, should be completed by the end of August.
08-13-2014, 11:40 PM
Pentagon cites progress destroying Syria chemical arms
The Pentagon said Tuesday it had made progress in destroying Syrian chemical *******, saying specialists on a US military ship had neutralized "100 percent" of a precursor used to make lethal Sarin gas. After a global outcry over deadly chemical attacks in a Damascus suburb last year that may have killed as many as 1,400 people, President Bashar al-Assad's regime agreed to an international plan to destroy its stockpile. "I am pleased to an**unce that the crew aboard Cape Ray has completed neutralization of 100 percent of the sarin precursor aboard the ship, which amounts to about 581 metric tons neutralized," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said. The destruction of these agents by hydrolysis began in early July and, according to the Pentagon, should be completed by the end of August.
العرض الشجري