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  • Al-Qaqaa Spokesman Says No Weapons Search

    10/26/2004 5:33:42 PM PDT · by mister_jones · 99 replies · 2,744+ views
    Al-Qaqaa Spokesman Says No Weapons Search KIMBERLY HEFLING Associated Press EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The first U.S. military unit to reach the Al-Qaqaa military installation after the invasion of Iraq did not have orders to search for the nearly 400 tons of explosives that Iraqi officials say were stolen from the site sometime following the fall of Baghdad, the unit spokesman said Tuesday. When the troops from the 101st Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade arrived at the Al-Qaqaa base a day or so after Baghdad's fall on April 9, 2003, there were already looters throughout the facility, Lt. Col. Fred Wellman, deputy...