missing explosives
by John at 10/28/2004 09:10:00 AM
If you're interested in the developments, Josh Marshall has been keeping up to date on the 380 tons of explosives that are missing from al Qaqaa. He's got most of the story, from the anti-Bush side at least, and manages to throw doubt on every new explanation the administration has come up with so far. Start here for the latest.
Update: It looks like at least some of the IAEA seals were still in place on locked bunkers when embedded reporters with the 101st stopped by Al Qaqaa on April 18, 2003. The same reporters also have footage of a bunker full of explosives, althought it is not clear yet if they are the explosives (HMX and RDX) in question. However, the label in the footage (Explosive 1.1D) is the label for the explosive category that contains RDX. On April 5, 2003, the Washington Post and AP reported that white powders that were identified as explosives were found at Al Qaqaa. HMX and RDX are white powders.
Memo to Secretary Rumsfeld: next war, no embeds.
Update 2: The explosives in the video shot by the embeds on April 18, 2003 were HMX, and the trucks in the imagery from March 17, 2003 released by the DOD are parked at the wrong bunkers.
Memo to White House: it's not the crime, it's the coverup (well... it's also the crime).
Update: It looks like at least some of the IAEA seals were still in place on locked bunkers when embedded reporters with the 101st stopped by Al Qaqaa on April 18, 2003. The same reporters also have footage of a bunker full of explosives, althought it is not clear yet if they are the explosives (HMX and RDX) in question. However, the label in the footage (Explosive 1.1D) is the label for the explosive category that contains RDX. On April 5, 2003, the Washington Post and AP reported that white powders that were identified as explosives were found at Al Qaqaa. HMX and RDX are white powders.
Memo to Secretary Rumsfeld: next war, no embeds.
Update 2: The explosives in the video shot by the embeds on April 18, 2003 were HMX, and the trucks in the imagery from March 17, 2003 released by the DOD are parked at the wrong bunkers.
Memo to White House: it's not the crime, it's the coverup (well... it's also the crime).
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