05.02.2014 - 13:57 [ Reuters ]

Libya says destroys last chemical weapons with Western help

Andrew Weber, the U.S. assistant defense secretary for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs, said that among the Libyan chemical stocks destroyed were 507 shells filled with mustard gas. Gaddafi‘s government originally declared 25 metric tons of bulk mustard agent and 1,400 metric tons of precursor chemicals used to make poison gas munitions.