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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: JDN who wrote (657156)	11/4/2004 6:20:54 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (1) of 769670

The Los Angelas Times talks to some GIs who say they were at al-Qaqaa in April 2003 and saw loads of looters making off with explosives. The GIs were outnumbered, requested backup, and never got a response. "We were running from one side of the compound to the other side, trying to kick people out," said one sergeant. "On our last day there, there were at least 100 vehicles waiting at the site for us to leave." One "senior military intel official" explained, "It's all about combat power. And we were short." The soldiers hadn't been briefed about the explosives. When they saw looters hauling away bagged labeled "hexamine," they Googled it. Said one GI, "We found out this was stuff you don't smoke around."

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