Syrian TV airs footage of disarmament efforts
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STORY: Syrian TV airs footage of chemical experts overseeing a second day of work destroying Syria's chemical arsenal on Monday.
An official described the work as similar to Sunday's when Syrian forces used cutting torches and angle grinders to render missile warheads, bombs and mixing equipment unusable.
Syria won foreign praise for starting to destroy its chemical weaponry, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving President Bashar al-Assad time to kill more people with conventional weapons.
The official from the international mission overseeing the stockpile's elimination said Damascus had made an excellent start on Sunday, and the United States acknowledged its rapid compliance with a U.N. resolution on destroying chemical weapons as extremely significant.
However, he noted that this was only the start of work that is due to last until mid-2014 and requires the cooperation of all sides.
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STORY: Syrian TV airs footage of chemical experts overseeing a second day of work destroying Syria's chemical arsenal on Monday.
An official described the work as similar to Sunday's when Syrian forces used cutting torches and angle grinders to render missile warheads, bombs and mixing equipment unusable.
Syria won foreign praise for starting to destroy its chemical weaponry, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving President Bashar al-Assad time to kill more people with conventional weapons.
The official from the international mission overseeing the stockpile's elimination said Damascus had made an excellent start on Sunday, and the United States acknowledged its rapid compliance with a U.N. resolution on destroying chemical weapons as extremely significant.
However, he noted that this was only the start of work that is due to last until mid-2014 and requires the cooperation of all sides.
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