Nerve Gas For Guam?
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New York reports say Micronesia may become a storage base for GB and VX nerve gas, which can kill or incapacitate whole areas in seconds.
The gas is stored on Okinawa, Japan, where 12 months ago the colourless and odourless gas leaked out and hospitalised 24 people. The US agreed to move the gas from the island, and since then has been look ing for a new home for it.
It was to be transhipped to Oregon, US, but the government was forced to back down in face of a 200,000 signature petition. Guam is now favourite for the gas as Alaska has also refused it.