By: Marshall Ramsey II, Worthy News U.S. Correspondent
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (WorthyNews) -- The United States government, under President Obama, is acquiring chemical weapons from Syria for use in drone strikes.
Under the pretense of destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, the United States will begin processing their own chemical weapons on board the MV Cape Ray.
Marketed as being used in the destruction of these stockpiles, it conflicts with a report from 2013 that the United States government recently destroyed four chemical weapons incinerators located within the United States. The Pentagon spent $10.2 billion over three decades burning tons of deadly nerve gas and other chemical weapons stored in four states — some of the agents so deadly even a few drops can kill.
The United States Army is currently spending $1.3 billion on a project dismantling the incinerators they spent so much money on building and using.
The MV Cape Ray was built in 1977 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan, and called the MV Seaspeed Asia. It was acquired by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration April 29, 1991, and named the Cape Ray February 1, 1994.
The MV Cape Ray is currently in the Caribbean Sea heading toward the Mediterranean where it will meet up with ships from Denmark and Norway, which will then transfer a portion of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile for use in U.S. drone strikes.
The current position of the Cape Ray contradicts press releases from www.afp.com and www.defensenews.com/ which state that the vessel is still two weeks from being seaworthy due to the supposed outfitting of the ship with equipment designed to destroy chemical weapons.
The need for the U.S. to acquire chemical weapons from Syria is thrown into question by Frank Kendall, a top Pentagon weapons-buyer, said on Jan. 2.
"This is not new technology. This is not a high-risk thing that hasn't been done before. This technology has been used for the past 10 years to destroy our own chemical weapons," he said.
In 1993, the United States ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which prohibits the "development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, and transfer or use of chemical weapons." If Mr. Kendall is to be believed, it appears that the United States only started destroying its chemical weapons stockpile in 2003, the same time as the passage of the Syria Accountability Act, signed by then-President George W. Bush.
Another piece of information that gives rise to the belief that the U.S. is trying to weaponize and/or use chemical weapons in drone strikes is the cost. According to an unnamed U.S. official, “The system in question is a neutralization system. It is both more expensive and less reliable than incineration due to the need to deal with the millions of gallons of waste product.”
If the sea-based hydrolysis system is more costly than incineration, why go through the trouble of building it? A safer guess would be that there is no intention to neutralize these chemicals, but the "increased cost" is the actual cost of building a sea-based chemical weapons production facility.
Another suspicious piece of information is the fact that the MV Cape Ray, owned by the United States government, is flying the flag of the Marshall Islands. While it is true that the Marshall Islands were once governed by the United States, they received full autonomy in 1986 under a "Compact of Free Association" with the United States, and have been an independent nation ever since.
Syria's chemical weapons stockpile was picked up at the port town of Latakia. Latakia is approximately 53.53 miles from the city of Tartus, which, in 2012, was speculated to be the site of a chemical weapons pickup from Syria by Russia . It was believed at the time that Russia would take possession of the chemical (and biological) weapons and agents from Syria, process them in facilities in Russia, and then deliver them to Syria at a later date.
The drones, which are set to carry chemical weapons into battle, are to be used not only in joint military efforts around the world, but also with "combination forces," that is, U.S. and foreign militaries fighting as a single force.
Another mystery surrounding the situation is the need for rapid transfer of said weapons into international control. According to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the "amount and type of chemical weapons must be agreed and "rapidly" placed under international control."
The amount and type agreed portion of the statement suggests that only certain types of chemicals and weapons were held in interest. That they should be desired for "rapid transfer" to international control, indicates that the United Nations has an interest in acquiring chemical weapons, not for the purpose of destroying them, but for using them, possibly on dissident or rogue nations and/or people.
While this conclusion may seen incredible, even conspiracy theorist in nature, it clearly fits the evidence at hand. The only question now is, "Who will be on the receiving end of the wrath of the United States, Russia, and the United Nations?"
UPDATE: Due to what is believed to be the revelations made by this report, the MV Cape Ray is currently not moving. It is in a stationary position in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 10 mi (15 k) from San Fernando, Trinidad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolysis
http://conspiracyprophecyguy.blogspot.com/2012/07/are-russians-getting-chemical-weapons.html
http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/54/549679.htm
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/538090370
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140103/DEFREG02/301030024
http://fpif.org/the_us_and_chemical_weapons_no_leg_to_stand_on/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2532800/Military-drones-set-stronger-chemical-weapons-soon-make-OWN-decisions-missions.html
http://nation.time.com/2014/01/02/drones-of-the-future-will-make-own-decisions/
http://news.yahoo.com/us-ship-equipped-destroy-syria-39-chemical-weapons-233657115.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory
http://www.defenseinnovationmarketplace.mil/resources/UnmannedSystemsIntegratedRoadmapFY2011.pdf
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/03/us-syria-crisis-chemicals-idUSBREA020I320140103?feedType=RSS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24091633
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/09/214247.htm
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/17/us-army-scrapping-4-chemical-weapons-incinerators/
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia (WorthyNews) -- The United States government, under President Obama, is acquiring chemical weapons from Syria for use in drone strikes.
Under the pretense of destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, the United States will begin processing their own chemical weapons on board the MV Cape Ray.
Marketed as being used in the destruction of these stockpiles, it conflicts with a report from 2013 that the United States government recently destroyed four chemical weapons incinerators located within the United States. The Pentagon spent $10.2 billion over three decades burning tons of deadly nerve gas and other chemical weapons stored in four states — some of the agents so deadly even a few drops can kill.
The United States Army is currently spending $1.3 billion on a project dismantling the incinerators they spent so much money on building and using.
The MV Cape Ray was built in 1977 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan, and called the MV Seaspeed Asia. It was acquired by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration April 29, 1991, and named the Cape Ray February 1, 1994.
The MV Cape Ray is currently in the Caribbean Sea heading toward the Mediterranean where it will meet up with ships from Denmark and Norway, which will then transfer a portion of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile for use in U.S. drone strikes.
The current position of the Cape Ray contradicts press releases from www.afp.com and www.defensenews.com/ which state that the vessel is still two weeks from being seaworthy due to the supposed outfitting of the ship with equipment designed to destroy chemical weapons.
The need for the U.S. to acquire chemical weapons from Syria is thrown into question by Frank Kendall, a top Pentagon weapons-buyer, said on Jan. 2.
"This is not new technology. This is not a high-risk thing that hasn't been done before. This technology has been used for the past 10 years to destroy our own chemical weapons," he said.
In 1993, the United States ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which prohibits the "development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, and transfer or use of chemical weapons." If Mr. Kendall is to be believed, it appears that the United States only started destroying its chemical weapons stockpile in 2003, the same time as the passage of the Syria Accountability Act, signed by then-President George W. Bush.
Another piece of information that gives rise to the belief that the U.S. is trying to weaponize and/or use chemical weapons in drone strikes is the cost. According to an unnamed U.S. official, “The system in question is a neutralization system. It is both more expensive and less reliable than incineration due to the need to deal with the millions of gallons of waste product.”
If the sea-based hydrolysis system is more costly than incineration, why go through the trouble of building it? A safer guess would be that there is no intention to neutralize these chemicals, but the "increased cost" is the actual cost of building a sea-based chemical weapons production facility.
Another suspicious piece of information is the fact that the MV Cape Ray, owned by the United States government, is flying the flag of the Marshall Islands. While it is true that the Marshall Islands were once governed by the United States, they received full autonomy in 1986 under a "Compact of Free Association" with the United States, and have been an independent nation ever since.
Syria's chemical weapons stockpile was picked up at the port town of Latakia. Latakia is approximately 53.53 miles from the city of Tartus, which, in 2012, was speculated to be the site of a chemical weapons pickup from Syria by Russia . It was believed at the time that Russia would take possession of the chemical (and biological) weapons and agents from Syria, process them in facilities in Russia, and then deliver them to Syria at a later date.
The drones, which are set to carry chemical weapons into battle, are to be used not only in joint military efforts around the world, but also with "combination forces," that is, U.S. and foreign militaries fighting as a single force.
Another mystery surrounding the situation is the need for rapid transfer of said weapons into international control. According to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the "amount and type of chemical weapons must be agreed and "rapidly" placed under international control."
The amount and type agreed portion of the statement suggests that only certain types of chemicals and weapons were held in interest. That they should be desired for "rapid transfer" to international control, indicates that the United Nations has an interest in acquiring chemical weapons, not for the purpose of destroying them, but for using them, possibly on dissident or rogue nations and/or people.
While this conclusion may seen incredible, even conspiracy theorist in nature, it clearly fits the evidence at hand. The only question now is, "Who will be on the receiving end of the wrath of the United States, Russia, and the United Nations?"
UPDATE: Due to what is believed to be the revelations made by this report, the MV Cape Ray is currently not moving. It is in a stationary position in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 10 mi (15 k) from San Fernando, Trinidad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolysis
http://conspiracyprophecyguy.blogspot.com/2012/07/are-russians-getting-chemical-weapons.html
http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/54/549679.htm
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/538090370
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140103/DEFREG02/301030024
http://fpif.org/the_us_and_chemical_weapons_no_leg_to_stand_on/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2532800/Military-drones-set-stronger-chemical-weapons-soon-make-OWN-decisions-missions.html
http://nation.time.com/2014/01/02/drones-of-the-future-will-make-own-decisions/
http://news.yahoo.com/us-ship-equipped-destroy-syria-39-chemical-weapons-233657115.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory
http://www.defenseinnovationmarketplace.mil/resources/UnmannedSystemsIntegratedRoadmapFY2011.pdf
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/03/us-syria-crisis-chemicals-idUSBREA020I320140103?feedType=RSS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24091633
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/09/214247.htm
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/17/us-army-scrapping-4-chemical-weapons-incinerators/
