Syria has given chemical weapons details to watchdog

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Syria has submitted details of its chemical weapons to The Hague-based chemical weapons regulator, the organisation told Reuters on Friday.

Syria is believed to have around 1,000 metric tonnes of chemical toxins and has agreed to destroy them under a joint Russian-U.S. proposal.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/09/20/uk-syria-crisis-opcw-idUKBRE98J0EZ20130920

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Just breaking - doubtless more to follow.

see also :

Watchdog gets 'declaration' from Syria regarding chemical weapons

Syria has submitted a "declaration" regarding its chemical weapons stockpiles, a spokesman for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Friday, and the group is expecting the government to submit more information in the next day or two.

The group's executive council, which was to meet Sunday, has postponed the meeting until sometime next week, said spokesman Michael Luhan, because "more time is needed to prepare draft documents and draft decisions."

Syria is expected to hand over a list of its chemical arms stockpile this weekend, a spokesman for the world's chemical weapons watchdog told CNN on Friday.

This list should be available as the group, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, sits down Sunday at The Hague, Netherlands, to discuss Syria, said Michael Luhan, a spokesman for the group.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/20/world/meast/syria-civil-war/?hpt=wo_c2

[davidpdx]

1. That's a hell of a lot of chemical weapons

You'd think at some point like nuclear weapons having that much is overkill (no pun intended). I'm sure with that much it could kill off a majority of the earth's population.

I heard if they are not mixed then the disposal will be easy. If they are weaponized then it will take a long time to dispose them.

[joanbarnes]

2. Cautiously optimistic

[dipsydoodle]

3. OPCW examines Syria chemical weapons report under US-Russia deal

THE world's chemical weapons watchdog has begun examining details of Syria's chemical arsenal supplied by the regime, as rebels agreed a truce with jihadists in a key border town.

China today urged a quick implementation of a landmark US-Russian deal to destroy Syria's chemical stockpile, as the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) tasked with dismantling the weapons said it has received an initial report from President Bashar al-Assad's regime on the arsenal.

In New York, UN envoys were due to resume talks on a draft Security Council resolution that would enshrine the plan to neutralise the lethal weapons.

- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/opcw-examines-syria-chemical-weapons-report-under-us-russia-deal/story-e6frg6so-1226724334821#sthash.p0gSnFSm.dpuf

[quadrature]

4. c'mon...they'll just hide some ...nt

[jessie04]

5. Too funny

' yes we will destroy our chemical weapons in a year...or 2...or whenever.... and we wont pay for it....no, no, no...YOU have to pay for it....if we don't change our minds altogether'

Are we this stupid ?

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. And what would you do instead? Remember, ire is not a policy.