Ship ready to destroy Syria's chemical arms at sea


  • World
  • Friday, 11 Apr 2014

A U.S navy personnel walks past U.S. MV Cape Ray docked at the naval airbase in Rota, near Cadiz, southern Spain February 13, 2014. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

ON BOARD THE CAPE RAY, Spain (Reuters) - Experts on board a cargo ship transformed into a multi-million dollar chemical weapons destroyer said on Thursday they were ready to start working on Syria's stock of toxic arms in the middle of the Mediterranean as early as May.

Now they just have to hope the weather holds and Damascus delivers on time.

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