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Libya Destroys Chemical Weapons

The government has announced that the country is "now totally free of chemical weapons" after it destroyed its last known stockpile.

  • Libya:   Govt Destroys Chemical Weapons

    VOA, 5 February 2014

    Libya's foreign minister announced that the country has destroyed its last known chemical weapons from the era of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Read more »

Wikipedia

Pallets of 155 mm artillery shells at a chemical weapons storage facility.

  • Libya:   Chemical Weapons Inspectors to Return

    RNW Africa, 10 November 2011

    International weapons inspectors will visit Libya within weeks to check new secret chemical arms stockpiles found since the fall of Moamer Kadhafi, a weapons treaty spokesman said… Read more »

  • Libya:   Germany to Help Eliminate Weapons

    PR Newswire, 20 August 2013

    Two years after the political turmoil in Libya, there are still many dangerous weapons in the country - a legacy of the Gaddafi regime posing a risk to the entire region. So the… Read more »

  • Libya:   UN Talks Raise Banning Chemical Weapons

    UN News, 1 March 2012

    The destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles in Libya and the possible existence of similar stockpiles in Syria have topped the agenda during talks between Secretary-General Ban… Read more »

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