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Syrian TV airs footage of disarmament efforts

2013-10-08 82 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Syrian TV airs footage of chemical experts overseeing a second day of work destroying Syria's chemical arsenal on Monday.<br/> <br />An official described the work as similar to Sunday's when Syrian forces used cutting torches and angle grinders to render missile warheads, bombs and mixing equipment unusable.<br/> <br />Syria won foreign praise for starting to destroy its chemical weaponry, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving President Bashar al-Assad time to kill more people with conventional weapons.<br/> <br />The official from the international mission overseeing the stockpile's elimination said Damascus had made an excellent start on Sunday, and the United States acknowledged its rapid compliance with a U.N. resolution on destroying chemical weapons as extremely significant.<br/> <br />However, he noted that this was only the start of work that is due to last until mid-2014 and requires the cooperation of all sides.<br/> <br />Ass

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