Libya's Chemical Weapon Stockpiles Are Intact

Libyan Chemical Weapons Stockpiles Intact, Say Inspectors -- The Guardian

Chemicals declared under 2004 convention are in depot in south-east Libya, and further stocks may have been found.

Libya's stockpiles of mustard gas and chemicals used to make weapons are intact and were not stolen during the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, weapons inspectors have said.

The Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said destruction of the materials would resume as soon as possible. However, it said the Libyan authorities had advised it on 1 November that further stocks of what are believed to be chemical weapons had been found, and that Libya would make a new declaration of its stocks soon.

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