...
while the hydrolysis process is probably taking place onboard right
now!
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The Greek
government doesn't care about this serious matter concerning the
dissolution of the Syrian chemicals in Mediterranean according to the
activists who organized a boat mission* to find Cape Ray. Cape Ray is
the ship where the hydrolysis process is taking place onboard.** The
mission boats sailed off from Chania-Crete to find Cape Ray, but they
didn't manage to locate it.
During the
press conference, Vangelis Pissias, one of the organizers of the
mission, criticized Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Evangelos Venizelos, stating that he doesn't know what is
going on in his country and he doesn't speak with the American
officials who behave like preponderant [over country's decisions].
The mayor of
Sfakia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sfakia),
Pavlos Polakis, stated that, according to information from the
mission members, hydrolysis is taking place just 75-100 miles from
Crete's shores.
The
activists referred to the details of the trip and their efforts to
locate and approach Cape Ray. However, they didn't manage to locate
it finally, due to the bad weather conditions and because the ship
changed its location. They claimed that their mission was under
surveillance.
According to
the activists' website
(http://destruction-of-chemical-weapons.blogspot.gr/),
a coast guard boat was discreetly following the boats of the mission
during the first hours of sailing, while subsequently they were under
surveillance by a drone and a helicopter.
Source:
There is a
suspicious silence about the issue. No one is giving clear
explanations and guarantees about the process of hydrolysis which for
the first time is conducted onboard in Mediterranean. The absence of
environmental organizations is characteristic, while the Organisation
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) refers to US
authorities. Why is there such a secrecy of the location of Cape Ray?
Why there are no independent observers onboard to supervise the
process?
The only
reasonable explanation is that, in reality, there is no absolute
guarantee for the safety of the process, and those who are
responsible don't want witnesses in a potential accident and
subsequent environmental disaster.
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