That is the problem with all of this.
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ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PLANNED HMX RELOCATION
25. The planned transfer to Muthanna of the HMX explosive material, currently in sealed storage at Al QaQaa, was postponed because the work in progress by UNSCOM 68 had required the imposition of stringent safety precautions at the Muthanna site. Not only would the requirement to wear full protective clothing, including respiratory protection, have greatly complicated the task but the handling of explosive material in a an area potentially contaminated with toxic agents would have involved unnecessary risks. The bunker area of the Muthanna site will be visited, as conditions permit, in order to confirm that the modifications required to ensure secure storage have been made, following which the arrangements for the relocation of the HMX material will be rescheduled.
http://www.iraqwatch.org/un/IAEA/IAEA-23.htm
Now, did UNSCOM ever move it? Is it possible that it did get moved before the UN was tossed out in '94 or '95 and in the mess of the UN, the move didn't get documented?
The IAEA clearly considered this stuff dangerous as it was suspected of being contaminated by WMD, that makes it a WMD waste. It should have been destroyed by UNSCOM and wasn't.
This is smelling more of the offensive rank of a UN cover-up. IMHO. And the US is going to take the blame for the UN failings.
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PLANNED HMX RELOCATION
25. The planned transfer to Muthanna of the HMX explosive material, currently in sealed storage at Al QaQaa, was postponed because the work in progress by UNSCOM 68 had required the imposition of stringent safety precautions at the Muthanna site. Not only would the requirement to wear full protective clothing, including respiratory protection, have greatly complicated the task but the handling of explosive material in a an area potentially contaminated with toxic agents would have involved unnecessary risks. The bunker area of the Muthanna site will be visited, as conditions permit, in order to confirm that the modifications required to ensure secure storage have been made, following which the arrangements for the relocation of the HMX material will be rescheduled.
http://www.iraqwatch.org/un/IAEA/IAEA-23.htm
Now, did UNSCOM ever move it? Is it possible that it did get moved before the UN was tossed out in '94 or '95 and in the mess of the UN, the move didn't get documented?
The IAEA clearly considered this stuff dangerous as it was suspected of being contaminated by WMD, that makes it a WMD waste. It should have been destroyed by UNSCOM and wasn't.
This is smelling more of the offensive rank of a UN cover-up. IMHO. And the US is going to take the blame for the UN failings.