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)
It's important to distinguish here between conventional ammo etc and the HMX and RDX. No one disputes the fact that there were conventional weapons at Al Qakka. The uproar in all the MSM and DNC outlets was based on the incorrect assumption that the Army found RDX and HMX and did nothing to secure it. As is pointed out in the above report- when the 101st arrived- IT WAS GONE. Make sense now?
I am confused, just watching replay of Brit's show --- David Folk Thomas came on the LIVE update and told the same "old" story re: the weapons cache. Still not reporting what Drudge has
Would someone please explain why HMX and RDX are of more concern than TNT?
I just don't get it.
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.
I assumed the "IAEA seal" was referring to the HMX and RDX. If this is the case then MSNBC seems to be contradicting their own report that says they were "intact" and then "never found".
If I'm just being completely dense then...well...knock me in the head with a hammer.