OPCW team in Syria reacts to Nobel Peace Prize win
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STORY: An OPCW team working on the ground in Syria to eliminate chemical arms stockpiles got a note of congratulations from the head office in the Hague after the announcement was made that the chemical weapons watchdog group had won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is a relatively small organization with a modest budget. The group dispatched experts to Syria after a sarin gas attack killed more than 1,400 people near Damascus in August.
Their deployment under a U.N. mandate helped avert a U.S. strike against President Bashar al-Assad and marked an unusual step into the limelight for a group more used to working behind the scenes overseeing the destruction of chemical weapons worldwide.
Gathered in Damascus, one worker read the message to the team.
"I've called you all together to break to you some extraordinary and completely unexpected news that I've ju
STORY: An OPCW team working on the ground in Syria to eliminate chemical arms stockpiles got a note of congratulations from the head office in the Hague after the announcement was made that the chemical weapons watchdog group had won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is a relatively small organization with a modest budget. The group dispatched experts to Syria after a sarin gas attack killed more than 1,400 people near Damascus in August.
Their deployment under a U.N. mandate helped avert a U.S. strike against President Bashar al-Assad and marked an unusual step into the limelight for a group more used to working behind the scenes overseeing the destruction of chemical weapons worldwide.
Gathered in Damascus, one worker read the message to the team.
"I've called you all together to break to you some extraordinary and completely unexpected news that I've ju