WORLD NEWS TONIGHT SATURDAY (06:30 PM ET) - ABC March 6, 2004
Nuclear Equipment Remnants Of Libya's Weapons Program Ships Out
BOB WOODRUFF, ABC NEWS
(Off Camera) Some dangerous cargo is en route, by ship, from Libya to an undisclosed location in the US tonight. It is the last remnants of Libya's of weapons of mass destruction, which it promised to dismantle or destroy. The story from ABC's Nancy Weiner.
NANCY WEINER, ABC NEWS
(Voice Over) Long-range missiles from Libya are among the 500 metric tons of weapons-related equipment on the US-bound ship. The White House says the cargo also includes centrifuge parts from a Libyan uranium conversion facility.
JOHN PIKE, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG
This does demonstrate that when a country has made a decision to give up its nuclear weapons, it's something that can happen on a time scale of months, not years.
NANCY WEINER
(Voice Over) Back in December, Libya's leader, Moammar Ghadafi, surprised the world by announcing he would abandon his efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction and allow US inspectors to search Libyan weapons sites.
Dec 19 2003
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, UNITED STATES
Colonel Ghadafi's commitment, once it is fulfilled, will make our country more safe and the world more peaceful.
NANCY WEINER
(Voice Over) Regarded as a rogue state after the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 and other terrorists acts, Libya has destroyed 3,300 non-operational chemical warheads over the past week. In return, the Bush Administration lifted a 23-year ban on Americans traveling to Libya.
PAULA DESUTTER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE
We've made it clear that positive steps on our part are going to be forthcoming, as they fulfill all of their commitments, including on terrorism.
NANCY WEINER
(Voice Over) The White House won't say where in the US this weapons shipment is headed. But experts predict it will be taken to a Energy Department facility like this one, to be examined and destroyed. Nancy Weiner, ABC News, Washington.
© Copyright 2004, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
