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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Beachside Bill who wrote (651815)	10/26/2004 4:04:16 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

BUSH 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, daily.misleader.org. 2. "U.S. troops find signs of chemical readiness," Associated Press, 4/05/03, daily.misleader.org. 3. Ibid, daily.misleader.org. 4. "380 tons of explosives missing in Iraq," Associated Press, 10/25/04, daily.misleader.org. 5. Ibid, daily.misleader.org. 6. "White House Downplays Missing Iraq Explosives," Los Angeles Times, 10/26/04, daily.misleader.org. Visit www.Misleader.org for more about Bush Administration distortion. >

To: Beachside Bill who wrote (651815)	10/26/2004 4:09:17 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

bullshit, you lie just like yo boy Kerry, and the New York Slime: Missing Explosives Story Missing Facts The Washington Dispatch The New York Times hyped an alarming “October Surprise” story on Monday. It seems the Old Gray Lady believed it had a breaking “news story” about 380 tons of “powerful explosives used to destroy airplanes, demolish buildings, make missile warheads and trigger nuclear weapons” that had disappeared in Iraq. The materials were allegedly stolen from a facility called Al-Qaqaa, an area roughly 30 miles south of Baghdad. The implication was that the United States military dropped the ball as they should have been guarding the ammo. There is incompetence alright, and it’s in the Kerry campaign and the Old Media. This story is in dispute and has been presented in a completely biased manner. It is easy to argue that this story was highlighted to assist John Kerry. It was at the center of his accusatory campaign rallies all day on Monday. But the missing elements of the story are astonishing. And again, just as with the fraudulent document story Dan Rather tries to heave at the president, the story is falling apart in record time. By Monday night it was learned that NBC News had imbedded reporters with the 101st Airborne as they took over the facility on April 10, 2003. The conclusion of NBC, “the troops never found the nearly 380 tons of some of the most powerful conventional explosives, called HMX and RDX, which is now missing.” The Pentagon makes the same claim. The New York Times story failed to mention that. John Kerry has yet to mention that. In fact, they are still using the story on Tuesday afternoon as if the NBC revelation never happened. (Excerpt) Read more at washingtondispatch.com ...