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ADMINISTRATION MISLEADS ON MISSING EXPLOSIVES

In Iraq, 380 tons of powerful explosives have been looted and may have
fallen into the hands of insurgents. In an effort to deflect blame,
administration officials are pushing the theory that when "U.S.
forces...reached the Al Qaqaa military facility in early April 2003, the weapons
cache was already gone."[1] This theory is not credible.

According to an AP report, U.S. solders visited the Al Qaqaa in April
2003 and "found thousands of five-centimetre by 12-centimetre boxes,
each containing three vials of white powder."[2] Officials who tested the
powder said it was "believed to be explosives."[3] Yesterday, "an
official who monitors developments in Iraq" confirmed that "US-led coalition
troops had searched Al Qaqaa in the immediate aftermath of the March
2003 invasion and confirmed that the explosives, which had been under
IAEA seal since 1991, were intact."[4] Thereafter, according to the
official, "the site was not secured by U.S. forces."[5]

It makes sense that the explosives were there when the U.S. solders
arrived because, as the LA Times notes, "given the size of the missing
cache, it would have been difficult to relocate undetected before the
invasion, when U.S. spy satellites were monitoring activity."[6]

Sources:

1. "White House Downplays Missing Iraq Explosives," Los Angeles Times,
10/26/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3037967&l=64882.
2. "U.S. troops find signs of chemical readiness," Associated Press,
4/05/03, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3037967&l=64883.
3. Ibid, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3037967&l=64883.
4. "380 tons of explosives missing in Iraq," Associated Press,
10/25/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3037967&l=64884.
5. Ibid, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3037967&l=64884.
6. "White House Downplays Missing Iraq Explosives," Los Angeles Times,
10/26/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3037967&l=64882.

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