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To: Neocon who wrote (148382)	10/20/2004 5:41:11 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) of 281500

For now, I'll leave you with one other comment on the German intel you present. The startling "fact" - that Iraq had uranium - was not news. International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors knew of this in 2002; knew of this long before 2002. While UNSCOM and UNMOVIC inspections continued, verification of this old material ensured it stayed in place. No German intelligence was required to inform, as this was public knowledge. Last verification before the war occured was in December 2002. The latest report by the IAEA in July 2003 is an after-the-fact reconcilliation of nuclear materials from these previously monitored storehouses. They had to piece together raw materials to determine if anything had been stolen, since the military for some bizzare reason decided not to protect these stockpiles and looters got into the buildings, dumping the contents of numerous storage containers onto the floor. Reports are the looters now glow in the dark... Given that the IAEA knew precisely where these "dangerous" materials were, before the war, its no wonder that many question just how dangerous the materials are if the military - charged with fighting the war on terror - remember, this is all about a war on terror, right? - completely failed to immediately secure this and all other previously known storage areas.

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