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Lost: 380 tons of high explosives - Last seen in Iraq
patrickl:
--- Quote from: TA Pilot on October 29, 2004, 08:20:10 am ---Never mind that we have pictures of Iraqi trucks at the site on March 17 2003:
This reconaissance picture, released yesterday, shows two trucks parked outside one of the 56 bunkers of the Al Qa Qaa Explosive Storage Complex on March 17, 2003, prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
(AP)
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As I suspected, the satellite picture proofs nothing:
However, a comparison of features in the DoD-released imagery with available commercial satellite imagery, combined with the use of an IAEA map showing the location of bunkers used to store the HMX explosives, reveals that the trucks pictured on the DoD image are not at any of the nine bunkers indentified by the IAEA as containing the missing explosive stockpiles.
Amazing how they think something so stupid can fool people. Something like: "Uhm, well if we just don't say it's one of the actual bunkers they can never pin it on us and the dumb huddled masses won't see the difference anyway".
TA Pilot:
Amazing how they think something so stupid can fool people. Something like: "Uhm, well if we just don't say it's one of the actual bunkers they can never pin it on us and the dumb huddled masses won't see the difference anyway".
And so, because these trucks arent at those bunkers, there were no trucks at any other bunkers.
The POINT of the picture is to show that the Iraqis WERE moving things from the facility before the war.
But, of course, none of those things could have possibly been the explosives in question -- no, they were so important, they had to be ignored in March but then moved -after- we overran the facility.
And while its possible that the explosives in the video are indeed HMX/RMX or some other explosive, it -certainly- isnt 380 tons of it.
But then, since the IAEA cant actually say that there WERE 380 tons there in March - who knows how much is actually missing?
mr.Curmudgeon:
TA,
You wanted something to support my proposed theory on how 380 tons of explosives could be carted away out the front door, right under our noses?
Here:
"Group claims to have weapons
What's happened to the explosives is a mystery. A video surfaced Thursday in which a group calling itself Al-Islam's Army Brigades, Al-Karar Brigade, said it had coordinated with officers and soldiers of "the American intelligence" to obtain a "huge amount of the explosives that were in the Al-Qaqaa facility." (AP report/MSNBC)
...
"We promise God and the Iraqi people that we will use it against the occupation forces and those who cooperate with them in the event of these forces threatening any Iraqi city," the man added."
Again, I've been imploring you to admit that this was a possibility, and I've shown you something that supports that possibility. Whether it happened like this or not has yet to be ascertained. Long and short of it, the explosives were there after the fall of Baghdad, now they are gone. They left somehow, under Bush's poorly planned and executed war plan. Our troops have been left out to dry by this administration and now they face even more danger because of Bush Co.'s ignorance/arrogance.
mrC
P.S. Drew: Hullo! Yes, I'm taking a needed break from the trail, back out on Sunday in N.H. to GOTV again. Registering single individuals multiple times is hard work.... ;)
mr.Curmudgeon:
--- Quote from: TA Pilot on October 29, 2004, 08:20:10 am ---
At this point, you people think the explosives were taken after we got there because you WANT to, not because there is any reason to.
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Viiiiiiiddddddddeeeeeeeeooooooooo! Say it with me now.....Video.
edit: link added.
patrickl:
I guess this one is dead. Plenty of evidence for the people who don't have their head in the sand.
TA, you would really look a lot less foolish if you would now and then fess up on your mistakes. Or if you can't do that at least just let the thread die. It's a bit depressing to see someone defending a lost cases like these. Amazing how you think just keeping on posting is some kind of debating technique. It's just an embarrassment technique really.