US Ship Prepared to Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons

Shipyard workers are readying the MV Cape Ray for a mission to destroy Syria's most potent chemical weapons arsenal at sea. The U.S.-owned cargo ship is scheduled to leave for the Mediterranean in about two weeks, Pentagon officials told reporters during a tour of the ship on Thursday. Deadly chemical weapons The Syrian government agreed to turn over its chemical weapons last year amid threatened U.S. military action. International monitors and crews from several nations will...

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