If Mansoor Ijaz and his sources are being truthful, then what they say should survive a little BS check or sanity check of the assertions presented in this story.
Claim: "They intercepted one of those trucks that were carrying a large warhead that had extremely sophisticated plastic -- C- 4 plastic explosives in it."
Analysis: Look at the unnecessary and telling hype in that sentence.
- LOL, "extremely sophisticated C4"? As opposed to what, merely sophisticated C4 or just plain old C4?
- While the claim of C4 adds an extra "gee whiz" factor to the story, the reality is that no professional would select C4 for a large warhead because the unnecessary plasticizer would reduce the explosive charge by about 10%.
- C4 is not widely available in the Middle East, but Semtex is.
- And how did they determine it was C4? Was it wrapped in polyethylene containers printed "Demolition Block, M5A1" LOL?
- They intercepted that truck out of a large convoy of trucks jeeps and cars and nobody else in the convoy noticed that happen or took any action? *cough*
- And that truck and "large warhead" are located where now, in the hands of coalition forces? And the other journalists are just sitting on this story?
Claim: "Ijaz said that once interrogated, the driver admitted that there were a total of 30 warheads that were scheduled to be imported to Iraq from Iran"
Analysis: Now does that make any sense? In a sneak attack where the only chance of success depends on absolute secrecy and stealth, that they would allow a low level truck driver to know such intimate details of the intended operations? Only Westerners are smart enough to respect operational security?
While it would be foolish to totally discount this story, my sense is that it just doesn't pass the smell test.
--Boot Hill