In the original NYT article, the author (inadvertently, I now think) put in a line in which the IAEA complains that some of the explosive is being "relocated."
I can no longer find it, but I'm positive I read it in the original article that I read.
In other words, they admitted that SOMEONE IN IRAQ (SADDAM) was relocating WMD trigger explosives to some safe location BEFORE the invasion even began.
This is the key mistake the NYT made in the original.
Where did it go?
Click on the link above, go to the bottom of Page 5, Top of Page 6. The IAEA planned to move the HMX from Al QaQaa sometime in late 2002-early 2003. I just don't have the time to continue the research to determine if/when it was moved ...
Heck, it's easier if I convert the relevant PDF text to HTML:
[snip]
17. Two hundred fifty-five tons of high explosive of the HMX type are stored under IAEA seal in six bunkers at the Al Qa Qaa site. As a typical dual-use material, HMX is listed in annex 3 to the plan. The present storage conditions
[Page 6]
of HMX at Al Qa Qaa are inconvenient for monitoring and cause some safety concerns. IAEA has requested that the Iraqi side consolidate the HMX in a safer and more convenient place to facilitate sealing and regular monitoring. The IAEA-20 team evaluated two large bunkers in the Muthanna complex which Iraq had proposed as an alternative storage location. With minor modifications to improve security, these bunkers represent a considerable improvement over the current storage conditions at Al Qa Qaa. The transfer of the HMX is expected to take place during IAEA-22.
[snip]
and who helped
The explosive has to go through a great deal of processing and is designed as a component of the bomb to extremely exacting tolerances. The stuff in question could not have been used as it was.
Secondly, it has hundreds of uses and is widely available to those governments who use it.
It is also not easy to detonate. High explosive detonators and/or HE fuses are required and the stuff has to be mixed or processed and concentrated for a decent effect per pound. In the form it was in, it was only powdered and was at the most basic form.
El whacko with the IAEA is looking for cover and fighting off attempts to have him ditched. He is at fault for this repackaged old news and needs to be called to account.
I am sure the admin is working on it and we will hear something real soon.
The U.N. is a fraud! Get the U.S. out of the U.N. and get the U.N. out of the U.S.