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‘Sarin chemicals’ export claim rejected by UK
The UK government has rejected newspaper claims chemicals exported from Britain after the uprising in Syria began could have been used in the production of agents such as sarin gas. The Sunday Mail story has prompted Scottish Labour and SNP MPs to call for an explanation from ministers. It comes after the US says it […]
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Revealed: Britain sold nerve gas chemicals to Syria 10 months after war began
FURIOUS politicians have demanded Prime Minister David Cameron explain why chemical export licences were granted to firms last January – 10 months after the Syrian uprising began. BRITAIN allowed firms to sell chemicals to Syria capable of being used to make nerve gas, we can reveal today. Export licences for potassium fluoride and sodium fluoride […]
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Vince Cable Urged To Ensure British Exports To Syria ‘Are Not Converted For Military Use’
Vince Cable [UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills] has been urged by human rights campaigners to tighten the rules around “sensitive” British exports to Syria to ensure they are not used for military purposes, amid concerns that President Assad had used chemical weapons for internal repression. This comes days after the business […]
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What is the chemical weapon sarin?
Sarin is a man-made nerve gas that was originally developed as a pesticide in Germany in 1938. It is chemically similar to a class of pesticides known as organophosphates. Charges that Syria has used the chemical weapon sarin have raised questions about the nerve agent, how it kills and what level of evidence it will […]
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Obama: We cannot allow ‘systematic’ use of chemical weapons in Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama again warned the Syrian regime not to use chemical weapons Friday but said that more investigation is needed to determine whether or not his previously announced “red line” for Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad had been crossed. “Yesterday some of you saw that I asked my people to brief Congress about the […]
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Five Facts To Know About Sarin Gas
The apparent winding-down of the Syrian civil war, which has been raging for nearly two years, brings with it the risk that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will fire chemical weapons at his own people. The chemical weapon that the Syrian military is believed to possess is sarin gas. Here is what you need to know […]
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Look, Ma, No Export License!
According to settlement documents released by the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), New Jersey based Phibrochem agreed to pay $31,000 to settle charges that it exported $14,000 worth of sodium fluoride to Mexico without a license. Sodium fluoride, which is classified as ECCN 1C350 [controlled for reasons of chemical and biological weapons proliferation], can […]
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Well-Being Enterprise Co Ltd Assessed Civil Penalty for exporting sodium fluoride to Taiwan without valid license
Action Affecting Export Privileges; Well Being Enterprise Co., Ltd.; In the Matter of: Well Being Enterprise Co., Ltd. 9 F, No. 170 Min Chuan E. Rd., Sec. 3 Taipei 10542 The Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (“BIS”) has initiated an administrative proceeding against Well Being Enterprise Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to […]
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OSPECA Logistics Management fined for exporting hydrogen fluoride to Mexico without export license
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) today announced the settlement of an enforcement case involving illegal exports. In the first case, OSPECA Logistics Management, a Brownsville, Texas-based freight-forwarder and customs brokerage, agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it exported certain chemicals that can be used […]
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Honeywell fined for sending hydrogen fluoride to Mexico from its Geismar facility without export license
Honeywell International Inc. Illegal Exportation of Chemicals to Mexico Date: 12/30/2003 (Date of Fine) Misconduct Type: Import/Export Enforcement Agency: Commerce Contracting Party: None Court Type: Administrative Amount: $36,000 Disposition: Fine Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Commerce “charged that, between December 2001 and February 2002, Honeywell made 12 shipments of hydrogen fluoride to Mexico from its […]
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