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NBC BLOWS A HOLE IN NY TIMES' EXPLOSIVES STORY (KERRY SPOT)
The Kerry Spot, NRO ^ | 10/25/04 | Jim miclacevski

Posted on 10/25/2004 6:26:01 PM PDT by Timeout

KERRY SPOT

Jim Miklaszewski of NBC News pretty much dismantled the New York Times attack on behalf of Kerry today.

NBC News: Miklaszewski: “April 10, 2003, only three weeks into the war, NBC News was embedded with troops from the Army's 101st Airborne as they temporarily take over the Al Qakaa weapons installation south of Baghdad. But these troops never found the nearly 380 tons of some of the most powerful conventional explosives, called HMX and RDX, which is now missing. The U.S. troops did find large stockpiles of more conventional weapons, but no HMX or RDX, so powerful less than a pound brought down Pan Am 103 in 1988, and can be used to trigger a nuclear weapon. In a letter this month, the Iraqi interim government told the International Atomic Energy Agency the high explosives were lost to theft and looting due to lack of security. Critics claim there were simply not enough U.S. troops to guard hundreds of weapons stockpiles, weapons now being used by insurgents and terrorists to wage a guerrilla war in Iraq.” (NBC’s “Nightly News,” 10/25/04)

If Jill Abramson, managing editor of the New York Times, had a shred of concern over her paper's reputation for getting the facts right never mind objectivity or fairness, she would be running the correction - or at least this blatantly contradictory information - in the giant headline font and above-the-fold location that today's story got. But I guess the interest in echoing the sentiments of Maureen Dowd is more important than getting it right at the Old Gray Lady.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: explosives; iraq; jillabramson; kerry; mediawingofthednc; nbcnews; newyorktimes; nyt; nytrogate; wot
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To: MichelleWSC

lol


721 posted on 10/25/2004 9:13:02 PM PDT by DBeers
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To: Thumbellina
Hawaii supports our troops here big time.

Yep! They sure do! They know who's taking care of them! :)

722 posted on 10/25/2004 9:13:10 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (If you're for civil unions, you're for gay marriage)
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To: SueAngel

Thanks! (big grin!)


723 posted on 10/25/2004 9:13:54 PM PDT by VRWCer (All things work together for good to them that love God. - Romans 8:28)
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To: Timeout
I wonder if our friends in Iraq had a hand in this rope-a-dope? It would be fitting justice for Allawi[sp] if they leaked this to the UN, knowing that Kofi would run with it to make Bush look bad. He owed Kerry one.
724 posted on 10/25/2004 9:14:34 PM PDT by Colorado Doug
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To: big time major leaguer

According to the AP story just hitting the wires, the Pentagon has now confirmed that a search of the depot was conducted both during and after the invasion and none of the high explosives were found. From the AP story this evening:

Pentagon (news - web sites) spokesman Bryan Whitman said coalition forces were present in the vicinity of the site both during and after major combat operations, which ended May 1, 2003 — and searched the facility but found none of the explosives material in question. That raised the possibility that the explosives had disappeared before U.S. soldiers could secure the site in the immediate invasion aftermath.


725 posted on 10/25/2004 9:14:47 PM PDT by picturefan
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Plus we have a VERY well liked Republican Governor :-)


726 posted on 10/25/2004 9:15:01 PM PDT by Thumbellina (As I recall, Kerry referred to terrorism as "overrated".)
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To: picturefan

Thanks- was not sure if they would wait til morning:)


727 posted on 10/25/2004 9:16:43 PM PDT by SE Mom (Republican for Red Sox!)
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To: Spunky

Bookmarking


728 posted on 10/25/2004 9:16:50 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: piasa

Not any more. Not if any of the passengers has gonads. And you can bet they all will, knowing they're dead otherwise.

This is the dumbest thing about the TSA. Bin Laden will never be able to take over a passenger airliner again with box cutter. Even if he smuggled on guns there probably wouldn't be a possibility now that people know the result of a hijacking could be their death (instead of a flight to Cuba).


729 posted on 10/25/2004 9:16:59 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Brass
Today we learned that these explosives are missing, unaccounted for and could be in the hands of terrorists.

CANNOT THE SAME BE SAID OF WMDs?

This cache is less than .0001 of the explosives that we found in Iraq. That is POINT ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE.

In fact, we now know that this very small cache was GONE before our troops invaded Iraq.

DEMAND A RETRACTION FROM THE NYSLimes and the sKERRY campaign!

730 posted on 10/25/2004 9:17:05 PM PDT by rebel_yell2
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To: Kahuna

yup -it was baaaaaad.... -a forum filled with a myriad of uniquely depraved with a sprinkling of those innocent and decieved...


731 posted on 10/25/2004 9:17:18 PM PDT by DBeers
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To: international american
hugh *******

Okay ...I gotta say it

this is the umpteenth time I've seen "hugh"

My daddy's name is Hugh...goes all the way back to Hugh Ca·pet circa 938-996 king of France (987-996); founded Capetian line through intrigue and use of power against rivals

Something really big is Huge. ;)

732 posted on 10/25/2004 9:18:24 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: Timeout
Great Post,

Don't you just hate it when the NYT shoots another hole in their foot?

733 posted on 10/25/2004 9:18:32 PM PDT by TYVets (First and Last rule when interpreting a Poll, who paid for it?)
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To: SE Mom
I'm confused. The story at MSNBC says this:
At the Pentagon, an official who monitors developments in Iraq said U.S.-led coalition troops had searched Al-Qaqaa in the immediate aftermath of the March 2003 invasion and confirmed that the explosives, which had been under IAEA seal since 1991, were intact. The site was not secured by U.S. forces, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

I can't view the video of the report but this article doesn't say what Drudge is reporting.

What am I missing?

734 posted on 10/25/2004 9:19:18 PM PDT by hobson
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To: big time major leaguer

The White House did not dispute CBS forged memos of President Bush ANG at first and you know the rest of the story....


735 posted on 10/25/2004 9:19:59 PM PDT by jveritas
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To: Illinois Rep
Well, DUH.


736 posted on 10/25/2004 9:21:05 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: mylife

Isn't that hand gesture something Satanists do?


737 posted on 10/25/2004 9:21:13 PM PDT by CobaltBlue
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To: SquirrelKing

Try IDZAP.com--it sometimes lets you get to sites that are blocked by avoiding the main site.


738 posted on 10/25/2004 9:22:41 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Timeout

glad there's an explanation for this latest MSM attempt to bring down Bush.


739 posted on 10/25/2004 9:23:16 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Feeling so much calmer now I've cancelled my cable TV. Don't miss the Demopuke spin on cable news.)
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To: jveritas

You are right. This story surely cannot be ignored by the MSM. In fact, probably what we will hear is something like - The White House knew this story was false, but they let it play out just to make Kerry look bad. But the real question is - why didn't the NYSlime take a few minutes to contact someone at the pentagon to confirm the story before publishing?


740 posted on 10/25/2004 9:23:27 PM PDT by okiegop (Freep O'reilly - oreilly@foxnews.com)
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