My Point? This was a planned set-up!
60 MINS PLANNED BUSH MISSING EXPLOSIVES STORY FOR ELECTION EVE News of missing explosives in Iraq -- first reported in April 2003 -- was being resurrected for a 60 MINUTES election eve broadcast designed to knock the Bush administration into a crisis mode. Jeff Fager, executive producer of the Sunday edition of 60 MINUTES, said in a statement that "our plan was to run the story on October 31, but it became clear that it wouldn't hold..." Elizabeth Jensen at the LOS ANGELES TIMES details on Tuesday how CBS NEWS and 60 MINUTES lost the story [which repackaged previously reported information on a large cache of explosives missing in Iraq, first published and broadcast in 2003]. The story instead debuted in the NYT. The paper slugged the story about missing explosives from April 2003 as "exclusive." An NBCNEWS crew embedded with troops moved in to secure the Al-Qaqaa weapons facility on April 10, 2003, one day after the liberation of Iraq. According to NBCNEWS, the explosives were already missing when the American troops arrived. [VIDEO CLIP] It is not clear who exactly shopped an election eve repackaging of the missing explosives story. The LA TIMES claims: The source on the story first went to 60 MINUTES but also expressed interest in working with the NY TIMES... "The tip was received last Wednesday." CBSNEWS' plan to unleash the story just 24 hours before election day had one senior Bush official outraged. "Darn, I wanted to see the forged documents to show how this was somehow covered up," the Bush source, who asked not to be named, mocked, recalling last months CBS airing of fraudulent Bush national guard letters. Developing... The REAL Story about the explosives: "January 2003: IAEA inspectors viewed the explosives at Al-Qaqaa for the last time. The inspectors took an inventory and again placed storage bunkers at Al-Qaqaa under agency seal. _ February 2003: IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei told the United Nations (news - web sites) that Iraq had declared that "HMX previously under IAEA seal had been transferred for use in the production of industrial explosives." This apparently did not include the HMX that remained under seal at Al-Qaqaa. _ March 2003: Nuclear agency inspectors visited Al-Qaqaa for the last time but did not examine the explosives because the seals were not broken. The inspectors then pulled out of the country. After the invasion: The Pentagon (news - web sites) said Monday that "coalition forces were present in the vicinity at various times during and after major combat operations. The forces searched 32 bunkers and 87 other buildings at the facility, but found no indicators of WMD (weapons of mass destruction). While some explosive material was discovered, none of it carried IAEA seals. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041025/ap_on_re_mi_ea/nuclear_agency_iraq_timeline&ci d=540&ncid=1473 > What was your point and If this is true why are they searching for them? > And don't you think we should've at least checked to see when we got there? > And how do you miss moving 360 tons of explosives days before a war and it > would seem pretty ignorant for Saddam to move all his weapons to another > country right before getting attacked! > Do they really expect anyone to believe this? > Sounds like another mistake hunting something that never existed kind of > like those wmd's > That figure was wrong I posted it was only 360 tons sorry! > For a country that's been watching Saddam since 9/11 you think they might of > seen these being moved I'm sorry I don't buy it. > > > Mark > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Stuntman > Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 17:11:23 > To: QuadPirate; Stuntman; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Who's the Enemy? > > Well Mark, > You missed the point by a light year. > First, that tonnage keeps being exagerated higher with almost every > response. > Second, there is no "PROOF" that the explosives were still stored > there "WHEN" the war restarted. (remember this was actually a response > to Sadamneds refusal to abide by that 91 treaty "HE" signed) It may > have been part of the massive shipments into Syria days before the > campaign started. > Third, this is "NOTHING" more than "ANOTHER" smoke screen being thrown > out as "IF" it was some new breaking story. It isn't. > The left wingers of the LIBERAL press will resort to any length to get > Kerry elected. It has no bearing on the President what so ever. Yet > komrade kerry has taken this "NON STORY" to use as fear tactics > he "CLAIMS" the President is using. > > The deception of the kerry campaign has reached new epich lows. > Komrade kerry will not release his military records, and I have to > wonder how much he is hiding. I know he had a less than Honorable > discharge, because that is the only reason one would need a review to > get an Honorable one. > Both former US Presidents who helped him sweep them under the rug are > supporting him. > > > > > > > OK Stuntman lets say your right now explain to me why this > administration > > didn't > > think to go there first because we had to know they were there right? > > Because if we didn't know they were there it's pure ignorance and if > we did > > and just let them have them it's pure ignorance so which is it? > > Or at least get there before they took 677 tons! > > This had to take some time and you know we were looking we have the > best spy > > equipment second to nobody. > > This is the biggest mistake they've made so far and just one more > that we > > know of. > > I'm tired of excuses especially lame ones they keep coming up with, > our > > soldiers are getting shredded by these explosives there is no excuse > for > > that! > > There is no excuse for this mistake but I see they already have a cop > out! > > > > Someone needs to take responsibility for this, Bush gets briefed > everyday I > > hope, so who's responsible? > > I can understand Bush has no balls but where's Dick's balls? > > Take responsibility! > > Sorry had to say it! > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: Stuntman > > Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 14:08:47 > > To: dave headman; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Who's the Enemy? > > > > They must have polled Kerry supporters. > > Our biggest enemy is left winged liberal thinking on how to deal with > > terrorists. > > News Flash Kerry running with another lie handed to him by left lib > > press. > > Seems ALL those tons of explosives were MISSING before our troops > even > > reached that storage bunker at the beginning of the war, (as reported > > by NBC inbedded reporters). > > Kerry lies and fools listen. > > He decided to run on his military record. > > Well komrade, we are STILL waiting for that record to be made public. > > Fools look the other way while a person who required a review to get > an > > Honorable discharge tries to become Commander and Cheif. > > Democrats ALREADY involved in voter fraud and intimidation. > > Regardless of the fact Sanctions were not working komrade kerry STILL > > says he would have waited. > > If we had, the OFF scandle would have not been exposed, the threat to > > future world security would have grown. > > Bush was right to enforce UN Resolution 1441. > > Iraq may not of been part of 9/11, but that day changed how we need > to > > deal with threats to our security. Sadamned was definitly a future > > threat. > > > > > the american people are a bunch of idiots! > > > 40% of people polled think iraq had been involved in 9-11, > > > these people are too stupid to vote. > > > anybody that thinks w is doing a good job... they need a > > > psyscoligical(spell?) > > > workup. the rose colored glasses the gop wears, do they work like > beer > > > goggles? can they make ugly chicks look hot? > > > i just mailed my absentee ballot i voted for kerry, he has a clue. > > > > > > dave headman > > > c4 25yrs post > > > > > > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Subject: [QUAD-L] Who's the Enemy? > > > >Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:36:36 EDT > > > > > > > >I sincerely believe that the American Voter is much smarter than > most > > > >Candidates think. Oh, you can swing and sway them with various > > issues and > > > >smoke > > > >screens, but in the end they will see thru all of that and vote as > > they > > > >choose. > > > >And in the end, I will/can live with both candidates... and I hope > > that all > > > >can too. > > > >Other countries like the thought of dividing the USA and its > > residents. > > > >But > > > >they won't. Not in our lifetime! > > > >W > > > > > > > >In a message dated 10/25/04 7:27:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > ><< I hope their votes are counted too. Our state was slow sending > > them > > > >ballots. They used the federal write-in ballots and mailed them > > weeks ago. > > > >In my brother's army reserve unit of 18 currently deployed in OIF, > 15 > > > >openly voiced their support for Bush while 3 said they voted for > > Kerry. >> > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! > > > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > It's not the fall that hurts. > > Home page http://tnthompson0.tripod.com/homeincyberspace/ > > Graphics portfolio http://tnthompson1.tripod.com/index.htm > > Domain space http://nw-in.com/index.html > > > > > > . > > > > -- > It's not the fall that hurts. > Home page http://tnthompson0.tripod.com/homeincyberspace/ > Graphics portfolio http://tnthompson1.tripod.com/index.htm > Domain space http://nw-in.com/index.html > > > . > -- It's not the fall that hurts. Home page http://tnthompson0.tripod.com/homeincyberspace/ Graphics portfolio http://tnthompson1.tripod.com/index.htm Domain space http://nw-in.com/index.html
