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North Korea:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Nerve Gas Component May Have Been For North KoreaFrom Monday, May 19, 2003 issue.
German officials intercepted 30 tons of sodium cyanide, which can be used to develop chemical weapons and might have been headed to North Korea, Pakistan’s Daily Star reported today (see GSN, May 16).
A German company was sending the cargo to a warehouse in Singapore, and U.S. officials requested the shipment be intercepted. Washington believed the chemical was actually ordered by North Korea. Sodium cyanide, commonly used in the treatment of metals, can also be used to make the nerve gas Tabun (Pakistan Daily Star, May 19).
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