Total destruction of the arsenals would be accomplished by January 2014, and only after the post-Qaddafi government acknowledged undeclared chemical munitions. American and British experts had been assured that Libya’s biological activities would remain peaceful. Nearly all of this was accomplished in less than four months, and the entire effort, including all of the sometimes-fitful diplomacy, was concluded within a year—one of the most stunning successes in the history of disarmament.
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