After a chemical munitions facility used to produce nerve gas and other chemical agents was revealed in 1988, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi began construction of an underground facility constructed outside Tarhunah, said to store or manufacture mustard gas. In May the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons expressed concern over the chemical weapons stockpiles in Libya. (Google Earth)Fears Mount Khadafy Could Use WMDs Against Europe, Libya -- New York Daily News
Pentagon and British intel officials fear Moammar Khadafy could launch chemical weapons and missile attacks on his own people - and Europe - in a last-ditch act of vengeance.
"You can't anticipate everything the Khadafy regime will do," British Foreign Secretary William Hague told the BBC, London's Telegraph newspaper reported Tuesday.
"They are a vicious regime. They are in their death throes. There are people still out there. That's why we can't rule out any of those things.
"These are still difficult and dangerous times in Libya. There are many weapons out there."
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More News On The Fears Of Libyan WMDs Being Used
Libya: Gaddafi regime could unleash chemical weapons stockpile -- The Telegraph
After the fall, US concerned about Libyan weapons -- Reuters
Libyan Regime Collapse Raises Fears About Chemical Stockpile Security -- Global Security Newswire
West anxious over Libya's chemical weapons cashes -- Ynet News
Libya's Deadliest Weapons Not Yet Controlled -- FOX News/AP
Libya's deadliest weapons not yet contained -- Stuff.co.nz
Gadhafi's Weapons Of Concern: Shoulder-Fired Missiles -- NPR
Nobody's Quite Sure Who's Controlling Libya's Weapons -- The Atlantic
Rep. Mike Rogers warns of Libyan weapons -- L.A. Times
McCain: Qaddafi's WMDs must be secured -- CBS News