(AP/Los Angeles Times) Libya acknowledged stockpiling 44,000 pounds of mustard gas and disclosed the location of a production plant Friday. Libyan Col. Mohammed abu Huda handed over 14 cartons of files describing his nation's chemical weapons programs to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said Director-General Rogelio Pfirter. Libya also declared thousands of tons of precursors that could be used to make sarin nerve gas and two storage facilities.
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