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Posted on 10/27/2004 2:16:59 PM PDT by johnqueuepublic
San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews - Just days before what many see as the most important American election since the Civil War, we are faced with news of the disappearance of nearly 400 tons of conventional explosives [HDX, RDX & PETN] from Iraq. The exact date of the theft is unclear, it may have possibly occurred 18 months ago at the commencement of hostilities against Saddam Hussein but it could just as easily have happened previous to that, in the chaos just before the attack.
The conduit for the information is Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
According to highly placed sources friendly to the Bush administration, the IAEA has been “pimping the information all over town" for weeks in an attempt to have it picked up.
Ultimately the New York Times and CBS News both chose to do ElBaradei’s bidding. CBS [in the person of Ed Bradley] had intended to use the information as the cornerstone of an anti-Bush hit piece that was scheduled to be aired during the October 31 edition of 60-Minutes.
The New York Times forced the issue, grabbing the scoop and the headlines for themselves. Not content to see the information sourced only as a leak, ElBaradei even found it necessary to further drive the point home, re-releasing the information on his own letterhead to the UN's National Security Council.
It is common knowledge in DC that ElBaredei is a bitter foe of the Bush administration and it is not coincidental that the Bush team is actively working against his re-appointment as head of the IAEA.
The administration sees this move as a clear attempt to influence the November 2 election and is extremely upset.
At the base of this controversy, perhaps seminal, is why this statement - “after 9 April 2003, through the theft and looting of the governmental installations due to lack of security" - allegedly made by Mohammed J. Abbas, of the office of General Director of the Planning and Following Up Directorate of the Iraqi Ministry of Science and Technology would surface now, if not for it's obvious political value?
Sources inside the US office of the IAEA denied any personal knowledge of a request by the agency for such information from the Iraqi government, but they do not rule it out either.
Reflecting the sense of defiance evident in most dealings between the United Nations and it's host nation and largest financial underwriter - the US - the IAEA does not seem to be particularly concerned about the perception that this whole affair seems to have been created for the benefit of the Kerry campaign, which seems to have been given enough advanced notice to have had the time to prepare campaign ads featuring the unproven charges.
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whoaaaaa, there it is, thought I screwed up the posting.
I thought from the very start that this was a CYA operation by El Baradei, joyfully taken advantage of by the press. It is almost dead certain that the explosives disappeared before we even got there; and who was responsible for watching them at that time??????
Yup on 11/03/04.
El "BagofLies" will find his ass on Doubia's foot. What I can't figure out is the Iraqui position on this. Are they hedging their bets on the outcome of the election? Man, they sure learn fast on how democracy works.
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You would think that everyone already knows that you don't need to shop bogus stories. Just go straight to CBS and NYT. They'll print anything that they think will help Kerry.
Yes, I think that is the 64k buckola question, why did this come from Iraq right now - assuming it did come from Iraq - unless the IAEA requested it.
It doesn't make much sense for the Iraqis to be beating up on Bush right now, so there must be an ulterior motive not in evidence yet.
I think that the fallout from the CBS forgery case has chastened even the NYT a bit, CBS doesn't seem to have slowed down at all, so much for the independent review crap spewed by them.
There is no "Iraqi position."
An Iraqi who was involved with securing the material before the war, and who now holds some minor role in the Iraqi government said it didn't disappear under his watch. He's hardly an unbiased source, and when the Lamestream Press starts off with "Iraq says....." they are blowing smoke.
There is no "Iraqi position."
An Iraqi who was involved with securing the material before the war, and who now holds some minor role in the Iraqi government said it didn't disappear under his watch. He's hardly an unbiased source, and when the Lamestream Press starts off with "Iraq says....." they are blowing smoke.
...and that hell to pay is: KILL OFF THE U.N.
Screw it.
http://FreedomKeys.com/screwtheun.htm
Sounds good to me, hope Bush has decided that in his second administration that killing the UN should rank very high on his list of priorities, then there is that matter of pulling CBS' broadcast license...
Related to Henry Waxman?
How about we tip the UN building over on its side and let its commie employees take the elevator home for the last time?
Personally, I think the UN would be much more effective operating out of Haiti. Better food there too... more organic. Yum.
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