Readings:

• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Chemical Weapons Convention
• NY Times, Chemical Disarmament Hard Even in Peacetime
• NPR, Getting Rid Of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Would Be Difficult
• NPR blog, Lessons From Libya On How To Destroy Chemical Weapons
• Nuclear Threat Initiative, Dusty Agents and the Iraqi Chemical Weapons Arsenal (No, the Iraqis didn’t have a stockpile in 2002 but there’s useful information here on agents themselves)
• NY Times, Paper Links Nerve Agents in ’91 Gulf War and Ailments
• Washington Post (16 Aug 1998), Soviets Reportedly Built Weapon Despite Pact (This I believe to be true.)
• NY Times (25 May 1999), U.S. and Uzbeks Agree on Chemical Arms Plant Cleanup
• Destruction of the US chemical weapons stockpile
• Closing US Chemical Warfare Agent Disposal Facilities as they complete their mission.