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Syria chemical stockpile arrive in the UK
A shipment of chemicals from Syria’s stockpile arrived in the United Kingdom on Tuesday to be destroyed at a specialist waste facility. A Ministry of Defence statement said that the chemicals were delivered on a Danish ship to Marchwood Port in the south of England. Under the terms of an agreement brokered by the United […]
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Home Alone. Does Angela Merkel even have a foreign policy?
With her third federal election triumph on Sunday, Sept. 22, German Chancellor Angela Merkel demonstrated that her preferred foreign policy direction is, well, inward — or at least one of non-intervention. Current crises around the globe — from the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons to Iran’s nuclear program to Egypt’s military coup — were […]
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Germany sold Syria chemicals with military potential -government
BERLIN, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Germany exported 111 tonnes of chemicals to Syria between 2002 and 2006 that could be used in the production of sarin gas, according to a government document published on Wednesday. But the government rejected a suggestion from an opposition lawmaker that Germany might thereby have inadvertently contributed to the Aug. […]
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Sarin: the deadly history of the nerve agent used in Syria
The UN has confirmed that the chemical used in Damascus last month was sarin – a lethal poison with no taste, no smell and no colour. Which makes it one of the most murderous weapons in modern warfare Now we know. On the morning of 21 August, as the air above Damascus cooled, rockets filled […]
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4.2 tons of Sodium Fluoride were exported from the UK to Syria from 2004-2010
Britain issued a further five licences over the past decade for the export to Syria of so-called “dual use” chemicals, which can be used in the manufacture of weapons, it emerged on Wednesday. However, Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, said that all of the licences predate the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in early […]
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UK delivered Syria chemicals needed for sarin production ‘for 6 years’
British companies sold sodium fluoride, a key ingredient in the manufacture of the deadly nerve gas sarin, to a Syrian firm from 2004-2010, British media reveal, a sale that has been called ‘disturbing’ following the chemical weapons attack in Damascus. Between July 2004 and May 2010, the British government issued five export licenses to two […]
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Britain sent poison gas chemicals to Assad: Proof that the UK delivered Sarin agent to Syrian regime for SIX years
• British companies delivered sodium flouride to Syrian firm from 2004-2010 • The chemical is a key component in manufacture of nerve gas • Sale has been blasted as ‘grossly irresponsible’ in light of chemical attacks • Intelligence expert says substance will have been diverted to regime British companies sold chemicals to Syria that could […]
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SIDEBAR: A Short History of Chemical Warfare
Chemical Weapons Outlawed The use of chemical gases in the trenches of WWI horrified the world, prompting a global campaign to ban their use as weapons of war. In 1925, a Geneva protocol was passed outlawing the use of nerve gas, tear gas, and other deadly agents in warfare. The 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention (which […]
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Downing Street rules out second Syria vote
Downing Street has ruled out a second vote on military action in Syria, after pressure grew for David Cameron to return to the Commons with new evidence of chemical attacks. Boris Johnson and others have suggested that MPs could be asked to vote again on military action in Syria as new facts emerge, despite suggestions […]
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Ministers face questions over licensing of chemical exports to Syria
Labour MP Thomas Docherty asks in letter to Vince Cable which civil servants knew materials could be used in nerve agents Ministers are to face further questions over the decision to allow the export of substances used to make chemical weapons to Syria, months after the country descended into civil war. In a letter to […]
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