Posted on 10/27/2004 8:51:30 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
The New York Times claimed this week that hundreds of tons of high explosives had been removed from the Al-Qaqaa weapons depot while the facility was under U.S. control.
But Times reporters knew way back in Feb. 2003 that the removal process was instigated - not by looters or insurgents after the U.S. liberation - but instead by the government of Saddam Hussein.
On Feb. 15, 2003, the Times reported on an address to the United Nations Security Council by Mohamed ElBaradei, the UN's chief nuclear watchdog. In quotes covered extensively by the paper, ElBaradei shared his concern about the removal of high explosives from facilities like Al Qaqaa:
"We have also continued to investigate the relocation and consumption of the high explosive HMX," ElBaradei explained a month before the U.S. invasion.
"As I reported earlier, Iraq has declared that 32 tons of the HMX, previously under I.A.E.A. seals, had been transferred for use in the production of industrial explosives, primarily to cement plants as a booster for explosives used in quarrying."
Baradei noted that Saddam's government had even confirmed the movement of the HMX, in quotes also picked up by the Times 21 months ago:
"Iraq has provided us with additional information, including documentation on the movement and use of this material, and inspections have been conducted at locations where the material is said to have been used.
"However, given the nature of the use of high explosives," ElBaradei said, "it may well be that the I.A.E.A. will be unable to reach a final conclusion on the end use of this material. While we have no indication that this material was used for any application other than that declared by Iraq, we have no technical method of verifying quantitatively the declared use of the material in explosions. . . . "
While the Times, CBS News and the presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry continue to insist that the removal of HMX and other high explosives took place sometime after the liberation of Iraq began on March 19, 2003, they have yet to address ElBaradei's Security Council report clearly indicating those claims are not true.
Great picture. LOL
Baradei noted that Saddam's government had even confirmed the movement of the HMX, in quotes also picked up by the Times 21 months ago:
"Iraq has provided us with additional information, including documentation on the movement and use of this material, and inspections have been conducted at locations where the material is said to have been used.
Too bad the IAEA insisted that the munitions be left in Iraq back in 1995, over the recommendations of the UN weapons inspectors...
Duelfer also said U.N. weapons inspectors recommended in 1995 that the high explosives be destroyed because of their potential use in a nuclear weapons program.The International Atomic Energy Agency instead ordered the explosives stored in sealed bunkers 30 miles south of the Iraqi capital. The last time the IAEA verified that the bunkers were still sealed was in March of last year, about a month before the first U.S. troops moved into the complex as they pushed toward Baghdad.
...and the El Caca begins to seep over the tops of Kerry's boots, even as he continues to dig deeper and deeper.
Then, the day they rescued her, I read Psalm 41 (for April 1)--and read "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble. The Lord will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foe. The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness."
All I could think was WOW!!! I had needed encouragement, and--surprise surprise--through Gods' Word I was given Comfort and Blessed Assurance!
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS 4. HMX 255 tons of high explosive (HE)
Nice post....thanks!
Kerry may well be the first presidential candidate undone by the internet!
Thanks... Of course, IAEA reported this info directly in their testimony to the UN. Curious the NYTimes didnt mention this.
The other missing lead is the Iraqi govt who the IAEA claimed sent a letter to IAEA. Where is that letter? Is it public? Is it real?
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The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me in spite of this I shall be confident.
Psalm 27:1-3
The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me in spite of this I shall be confident.
Psalm 27:1-3
Was gone for a while--out at local Republican Hqtrs making phone calls to be sure people got their ballots in the mail.
Actually, it specifically references the Alqaqa site in the first line.
Brit Hume spent most of his show on this non-story. Mort thought it was a big deal, but even Maura seemed (to me at least) to think it was a lot about nothing. Richard hollbrook is all over the networks trying to pump this story up... guess he really wants a big job under Kerry.
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