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  • ABOUT THAT BIG 'MISSING EXPLOSIVES IN IRAQ' STORY

    10/25/2004 7:14:46 AM PDT · by crushelits · 94 replies · 4,472+ views
    kerryspot ^ | October 25, 2004 | kerryspot
    Adam Yoshida nails it, regarding this much-hyped New York Times story about missing explosives in Iraq.Now, the story fails to answer one core question: when did these explosives go missing? It is simply never mentioned anywhere in the body of the story. American forces, one official is quoted as saying, went through the facility sometime towards the beginning of the war, saw no materials carrying the IAEA seal, and moved on. Buried deep within the story is the most likely explanation for what happened to the stockpile: it was standard Iraqi practice to, prior to bombing, move explosives out into...