January 28, 2004
HOW HAS THE WAR MADE US MORE SECURE?
Libya hands over WMD equipment: US (AFP, Jan 27, 2004)
The White House announced Tuesday that Libya had shipped parts crucial to its quest for nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles to a secure US location, calling it "real progress" towards disarmament.Posted by Orrin Judd at January 28, 2004 8:36 AMA transport plane carrying some 55,000 pounds of documents and equipment, including centrifuge parts used to enrich uranium and missile guidance sets, landed in Tennessee at 8:37 a.m. Monday, said spokesman Scott McClellan.
"The shipment is now at a secure facility in Tennessee," said the spokesman, who added that "the most sensitive" documents ties to Libya's nuclear weapons program had been aboard a similar flight last week.
Isn't it interesting that all this was handed over to the U.S., not the U.N. A sign of who is really respected/feared?
Posted by: jd watson at January 28, 2004 10:13 AMIt would be nice to think so, but the reality is that right here in good old East Tennessee is one of the only facilities in the world that can handle this kind of stuff. Nuclear material from the old Soviet Republics is here, too. Whoever ook the materials away from Libya was going to have to do something with them, and there aren't many other options.
Posted by: Daniel L. Merriman at January 28, 2004 10:38 AMDaniel --
If we were France or Russia, I am sure we would be charging for the use of the facilities...
Posted by: MG at January 28, 2004 6:35 PM