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Syria submits more ‘detailed’ list of chemical weapons

Syria has submitted a “more specific” list of its chemical weapons to the global regulator overseeing the destruction of its stockpile after discrepancies were reported by inspectors on the ground, officials said. Damascus agreed to give up its chemical arsenal after Washington threatened military action following the death of hundreds of Syrians in a sarin […] Continue reading →

TSA Detains Libertarian Blogger After ‘Seeing Bitcoin’ In His Bag

Isolated idiocy or something more sinister? A man who was traveling through Manchester, New Hampshire was stopped and harassed by the TSA after he opted out of going through a body scanner. The official reason for further interrogation, according to the screeners, was “We saw Bitcoin in your bag and need to check.” For anyone […] Continue reading →

Iran prepares for start of landmark nuclear deal

Ahead of the start of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, an official in the Islamic Republic called limiting uranium enrichment and diluting its stockpile the country’s “most important commitments,” state radio reported Sunday. The comments by Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman of Iran’s atomic department, show how the government of moderate President Hassan […] Continue reading →

10 New Year�s Resolutions That Every Prepper Should Make in 2014

The Organic Prepper Every year, people make a series of New Year’s Resolutions that are usually forgotten by the time you flip the page of the calendar over to February. This list starts with some of the standard resolutions that everyone makes that are particularly pertinent to preppers, and then contains some that are unique […] Continue reading →

Uranium enrichment at heart of Iran Nuclear disputes

The cornerstone of Iran’s nuclear disputes with the West has been over uranium enrichment — which leaders in Tehran claim as a right and is now a key sticking point in negotiations in Geneva. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s top diplomat, have met repeatedly since Wednesday trying to […] Continue reading →

U.S. nuclear arms overhaul needed to ensure reliability: officials

The U.S. nuclear arsenal needs a multi-billion dollar overhaul in the coming decade to ensure the weapons’ safety and effectiveness, defense officials said on Tuesday, despite warnings from arms control groups that the effort is unaffordable and unnecessary. Assistant Defense Secretary Madelyn Creedon told a panel in the U.S. House of Representatives that modernization work […] Continue reading →

Security a concern for weapons inspectors in Syria

Car bombs and mortars have exploded close to the hotel where chemical weapons inspectors are staying in the Syrian capital in recent days, but officials said Thursday there is no way of knowing if the team is being deliberately targeted. Malik Ellahi, a senior official at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, told […] Continue reading →

Experts Begin dismantling Syrian chemical program

International disarmament experts on Sunday began dismantling and destroying Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal and the equipment used to produce it, taking the first concrete step in their colossal task of eliminating the country’s chemical stockpile by mid-2014, an official said. The inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have about nine […] Continue reading →

Obama blends threat of attack, hope of diplomacy

In the run-up to a prime-time televised speech, President Barack Obama blended the threat of a military strike with the hope of a diplomatic solution Tuesday as he worked to rid Syria of an illicit stockpile of fearsome chemical weapons. Secretary of State John Kerry set a hurry-up trip to Geneva for talks Thursday with […] Continue reading →