Just one deadly weapon to go at Umatilla

The Oregonian ^ | June 17, 2009 | The Oregonian editorial board

[krogers58]

First they got rid of the GB, a deadly nerve agent also known as sarin -- more than 1,000 tons of it in bombs, rockets and other ghastly containers. Then came the VX, another lethal agent -- 363 tons of it in more than 62,000 munitions, now blessedly gone from the face of the earth. That leaves mustard blistering agent as the last Cold War-era chemical weapons still stockpiled at the Umatilla Chemical Depot in northeastern Oregon.

[ak267]

After the last vestigas of chemical agents are burned, the facility will go back to it original purpose....destroying incriminating documents of the Clinton and Obama presidencies.

[givemELL]

The ICG (International Crisis Group) reports that NKOR has many Scud missiles with chemical warheads deliverable to SKOR...The report from the prestigious non-governmental organisation said the consensus view is the North’s army possess about 2,500-5,000 tonnes of chemical weapons that include mustard gas, sarin and other deadly nerve agents.

“If there is an escalation of conflict and if military hostilities break out, there is a risk that they could be used. In conventional terms, North Korea is weak and they feel they might have to resort to using those,” said Daniel Pinkston, the ICG’s representative on Seoul.

The North has been working on chemical weapons for decades and can deliver them through long-range artillery trained on the Seoul area — home to about half of South Korea’s 49 million people — and via missiles that could hit all of the country.

Chemical weapons outside the US, potentially available for use against us, are plentiful.

[rahbert]

The little man and his surviving generals would face a
tribunal and a noose should that happen.