Libya has mustard gas, lacks delivery systems: monitor

Libya has mustard gas, lacks delivery systems: monitor Washington (AFP) March 10, 2011 - Libya still has over 10 tonnes of mustard gas years after signing a treaty banning chemical weapons, but has destroyed the weapons systems for using them, a watchdog organization said Thursday. Libya, which signed the Chemical Weapons Convention in 2004, has destroyed 55 percent of its mustard gas stockpiles but still possesses some 11.25 tonnes, said Michael Luhan of the Organisation for th ... more

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