http://www.examiner.com/article/libyan-wmd-discovery-refutes-pentagon-claims
On Friday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed the existence of yellowcake in Sabha. But Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, also believed the finding was cause for concern:
“Remember we had been assured by the State Department just weeks ago in August that significant mustard gas, MANPADS and nuclear materials were all secured. This discovery appears to show that in fact we can’t count on anything being secured in Libya now.”
Cirincione was referring to statements made to reporters in late August by State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, in which she clearly indicated that Libya’s stockpiles of mustard agent and uranium yellowcake were secure:
“All sensitive elements of Libya’s nuclear program, including everything that Libya received from the (Pakistan-based) AQ Khan network, were removed in early 2004. The last of the highly-enriched uranium, the bomb-making fuel, was removed from Libya in 2009.”
However, on September 7 The Washington Post reported that about 11 tons of mustard gas shipped into the country remain unaccounted for, despite Pentagon claims to the contrary.