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To: KyrosL who wrote (80965)	10/26/2004 6:41:54 PM
From: SBHX	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

Still, not satisfied? Simply typing "al qa qaa" into google gives a whole bunch of articles : ---like this article on Apr 4, 2003 (WMD? Not really) foxnews.com ---and this one: (nope. No WMD here either) dailyherald.com Kerry spot readers who were part of the unit entering al Qa Qaa have replied here : nationalreview.com From yet another Kerry Spot reader with a ".mil" e-mail address: You are correct in your bottom line conclusion. Here is a second follow up. I was serving as a [identifying information removed by the Kerry Spot] staff member during the time in question. The Commander on the site had complete real time intelligence on what to expect and possibly find at the Al-QaQaa depot. The ordinance in question was not found when teams were sent in to inspect and secure the area. When this information was relayed, Operational plans were adjusted and the unit moved forward. Had the ordinance in question been discovered, a security team would have been left in place. More from a Kerry Spot reader with a ".mil" e-mail address, stating he was among the soldiers who secured Al QaQaa on April 10th with the 101st: I can tell you what happened at my squad level. When we arrived there, humvees with Mark-19's and other mounted weapons immediately secured the parameter with appropriate manpower backup. On the foot level we broke up into squads and went building to building and cleared them; mind you, we couldn't do them all. But we found what had been typical finds, caches of AK-47's, artillery rounds and bullets. There was absolutely no talk of a big find, and what I could sense no worries of anything that should have been there. Of course, we were still worried about the possibilities of chemical weapons but they never panned out. I am a little perturbed at the gross mischaracterization of what went on there. From what I remember of the NBC crew, they did not go out with us, and they may have in fact been asked to not to go on the search with us, due to the dangers that may have possibily come up. Now this part is my opinion, but don't you think that if they had gone out with us they would have video? --- Well, these men could be lying, the email addresses could be spoofed, but if not, they went there, were told about what to look for, looked around, found 350 tonnes of the HMX/RDX stuff and decided to not report it. Anything is possible if you really want to believe it. There is a very simple way to find out what happened --- the soldiers who were there can be interviewed on TV to find out if they did their jobs or not. This is why, I find this attempted slime job crude and amateurish --- if they had waited for CBS original election eve plan to air it, it might have worked, but as it is, there is now enough time to find out the truth, and it will be vetted. Why amateurish? Just think about both the logistics to move this material and the idea that the military, knowing about this site and the explosives there would not have tried to safeguard the ordinance. You'd have to assume that the US military is inept to the point of incompetence. That happens only in hollywood movies.