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  • DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: Officials Say Chances of Enemy Ordnance Move Nearly Nil

    10/27/2004 11:47:02 PM PDT · by West Coast Conservative · 27 replies · 2,468+ views
    The chances that enemy forces moved 377 tons of heavy ordnance out of the Al Qaqaa arms facility after U.S. forces arrived in the area are nearly impossible, said Army Col. David Perkins, who commanded the American troops who took the area during major combat operations in Iraq in 2003. Perkins commanded 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division. A unit under his command, the 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry, entered the depot on April 3, 2003, and defeated the enemy forces there in a two-day battle. The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency had tagged the explosives at the site and...