Saxardiid Posted December 19, 2003 Libya to give up WMD Libya's leader Colonel Gaddafi has said his country sought to develop weapons of mass destruction capabilities but will dismantle this programme completely, Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced. "This decision is an historic one and a courageous one and I applaud it," Mr Blair said. Colonel Gaddafi had told him the process of dismantling the programme would be "transparent and verifiable", the prime minister said in a statement from Durham Cathedral. The range of all Libya's missiles would be restricted to "no more then 300km", he added. The US and its allies have long suspected that Libya had secret chemical and bio-weapons programmes, however Libya always denied such allegations saying it had only facilities for pharmaceutical or agricultural research. Mr Blair said Britain had been engaged in talks with Libya for nine months. "Libya came to us in March following successful negotiations on Lockerbie to see if it could resolve its weapons of mass destruction issue in a similarly cooperative manner," he said. The decision entitled Libya to rejoin the international community, Mr Blair said. President Bush confirmed the announcement from the White House. "Col Gaddafi's's commitment, once fulfiled, will make our country more safe and our world more peaceful," President Bush said. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk_politics/3335965.stm Published: 2003/12/19 22:38:26 GMT © BBC MMIII Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Observer Posted December 20, 2003 Weapons of Mass Destruction in the middle East. http://cns.miis.edu/research/wmdme/index.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saxardiid Posted December 25, 2003 thanx Observer there are lots of WMD information in that page. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
