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Army Destroys Nerve Agent The U.S. Army has fired up an incinerator in Anniston, Ala., to begin a seven-year process to destroy 2,200 tons of a nerve agent contained in arms stockpiled since the 1960s. Some citizens are concerned that incineration is the wrong way to get rid of the weapons. Melanie Peeples reports.

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The U.S. Army has fired up an incinerator in Anniston, Ala., to begin a seven-year process to destroy 2,200 tons of a nerve agent contained in arms stockpiled since the 1960s. Some citizens are concerned that incineration is the wrong way to get rid of the weapons. Melanie Peeples reports.