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To: cyncooper
Because it was supposed to be from a reporter embedded with the 101st and they were there on April 10, not April 18.

You have made many posts about them being there on April 10, not April 18. I would suggest watching the video from the local station from which this thread came. The reporter clearly states that they were staying several miles south of Al QaQaa for several weeks, and that on April 18, their crew went with soldiers 2-3 miles north to this facility. At the time, they did not know it was Al QaQaa, but they have since determined based on their GPS coordinates and the distance traveled that it was the southern part of Al QaQaa. There are many problems with the story, but April 18 ain't one of them

The problems are that the video and pictures show that they came upon bunkers that had IAEA seals, but doesn't show them entering them. They also show them using bolt cutters to cut into a different bunker that did not have an IAEA seal. A 1.1D explosive could be almost anything, and there is no idea even how much of whatever it was they saw was there. Also, the 101st says that the area they were in was within their security perimeter. Finally, someone must have proof of what happened to those containers in the video. The troops must have recorded when they disposed of it, as I'm sure that nobody was looting barrels of stuff, regardless of what it was. To date, we know that no HME or RDX was found, but we don't know how much other stuff was found at that site and destroyed. There must be records. If nothing was ever found, tracked, or destroyed from that site, then this would be a blunder that I can't explain.

193 posted on 10/28/2004 8:05:03 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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To: rocklobster11

Then the Pentagon and other sources left April 18 out of their timeline all week. They specifically issued a timeline you know, and April 18 is not on it as regards Al Qaqaa.

I think the date is indeed a problem for this particular story.


196 posted on 10/28/2004 8:40:23 PM PDT by cyncooper (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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