Andy Ousterhout wrote: > Dana, > So why is this news? And if not news, why show it?
It's news because the al Qaqaa complex is 30 miles south of Baghdad and contained 40 truckloads of high explosives. Iraq was considered "liberated" on April 9th when it freed Baghdad, which is well after when US troops would've passed this depot. It was tagged by the IAEA and therefore should've been under US control. David Kay, who was there in May 2003 said, "it was heavily looted at that time. Sometime between April and May, most of the stuff was carried off. The site was in total disarray, just like a lot of the Iraqi sites." You'll notice that the Whitehouse has confirmed the explosives were missing, but not denied that the US should've had control with specific facts and dates as they would've if they were sure the cache was looted prior to US control. It's a screwup, but how big is open to debate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132860 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
