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U.S. Army releases feasibility study for future use of Blue Grass Army Depot chem weapons facilities

A study from the U.S. Army showing potential reuses for facilities at the Blue Grass Army Depot’s chemical weapons disposal plant has been released.

WEKU

Looking back at the early days of the Blue Grass Army Depot

More than 40 years of history is coming to a close at the Blue Grass Army Depot.The next few weeks, WEKU and Eastern Standard are presenting a radio series about the past, present and future of the depot, the stockpile of chemical weapons that was recently destroyed inside and the…

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A decade after a sarin gas attack in a Damascus suburb, Syrian survivors lose hope for justice

A decade after a sarin gas attack killed hundreds and left thousands hurt in a Syrian suburb near the capital of Damascus, survivors say there has been no accountability for that attack or for other atrocities committed during the country's brutal conflict

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International group gives thumbs up to final chem weapon disposal at Blue Grass Chemical Activity

Officials with the Blue Grass Chemical Activity have gotten a historic stamp of approval by an international organization monitoring chemical weapons disposal.

WEKU

US vows to keep Syria's chemical weapons program in UN spotlight over Russian and Chinese opposition

The United States and its allies are vowing to keep Syria’s failure to account for its chemical weapons program in the spotlight at the U.N. Security Council every month despite opposition from Russia and China

The Independent UK

Iran Seeks Control Of Syrian Military Facilities, Alarming Israeli Defense Researchers

Report warns of Hezbollah acquiring chemical weapons stored at CERS for future conflict with Israel.

Zenger

Berea Chamber ready to welcome Depot employees in time

The start of chemical weapons destruction at the Blue Grass Army Depot in 2019 meant a major increase in employment. Some 15 hundred workers were somehow involved in the disposal. Now that the last nerve rocket’s been destroyed, those jobs will decline significantly over the next couple of years.

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Is the US being hypocritical in taking years to destroy its chemical weapons, while condemning other nations for their own chemical weapons programs? A political philosopher weighs in

The United States has finished destroying the last of its stock of chemical weapons, marking the end of a 26-year period during which it frequently condemned other states for maintaining and using chemical weapons while continuing to keep a stockpile of such weapons for itself.

The Conversation

Support Ukraine, but not with cluster bombs

As with cluster munitions, which the US is sending to Ukraine, the international community has prohibited the use of chemical weapons. There was an outcry over their use in Syria – why, asks Treasa Dunworth, is this situation different?

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Kentucky's role in the elimination of nerve and mustard agents has worldwide implications

The U.S. has destroyed its last chemical weapon. It’s been decades in the making.The more than 500 tons of Nerve and Mustard agent had been stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot for all those years.

WEKU

Historic milestone with the last rocket destroyed at the Blue Grass Army Depot

President Biden on Friday afternoon sent out a communication saying the U-S had destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile.

WEKU

White House says US has destroyed its chemical weapons stockpile

Process was carried out in accordance with Chemical Weapons Convention

The Independent UK

The world is officially 'free' of chemical weapons. Here's what that means

The U.S. has destroyed the last of its stockpile of sarin nerve agent, fulfilling a decades-old obligation.

WEKU

US destroys last of its declared chemical weapons

Top Republican Senator Mitch McConnell calls chemical weapons a ‘stain on history’ and welcomes their destruction.

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US has destroyed all its chemical weapons: Biden

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced Friday that the United States has fully destroyed its decades-old stockpiles of chemical weapons, fulfilling a commitment under the three-decade-old Chemical Weapons Convention.

The Independent UK

U.S. destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says

The United States has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile, a milestone in the history of warfare dating back to World War I

The Guardian - US

US military destroys last of huge chemical weapons arsenal

Workers at Blue Grass army depot in Kentucky destroy rockets filled with sarin – last of US’s declared chemical weapons

The Independent UK

Global chemical weapons watchdog says it found no evidence to back Syrian claim of 2017 gas attack

The global chemical weapons watchdog says it found no evidence to support a claim by Syria that its forces were attacked using toxic gas in 2017

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Zenger

Russian Chemical Warfare Fail: Gas Attack Blows Back In Battle With Ukraine

Wind reverses Russian attack as Ukrainian military documents use of banned weapons

The Independent UK

Weapons expert banned from government event for criticising Tories launches legal action

Exclusive: Dan Kaszeta argues policy seeing civil servants trawl social media for government criticism is unlawful

Salon

New GOP target: Is war with Mexico next?

House Republicans recently advanced a bill to categorize fentanyl as an internationally recognized chemical weapon

The Independent UK

UN investigators compiling evidence on chemical weapons use by Islamic State extremists in Iraq

U.N. investigators are compiling evidence on the development and use of chemical weapons by Islamic State extremists in Iraq after they seized about a third of the country in 2014

WEKU

Disposal of last chemical munition is expected this summer in Madison County

The destruction of chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County is in the home stretch. If all goes according to schedule, the last nerve agent rocket will be destroyed by August.

Wales Online

'Godfather' of AI Professor Yoshua Bengio feels 'lost' as experts warn it could wipe out the human race

The new statement warns of a deeper concern, saying AI could be used to develop new chemical weapons

The Guardian - UK

Expert banned from UK government event for tweets that criticised Tories

Dan Kaszeta is one of at least eight speakers banned by opaque vetting scheme in ‘attack on free speech’

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