Oh, those weapons of mass destruction err large quantities of conventional explosives for use in detonating weapons of mass destruction
Several hundred tons of conventional explosives are missing from a former Iraqi military facility that once played a key role in Saddam Hussein’s efforts to build a nuclear bomb, the U.N. nuclear agency confirmed Monday.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei will report the materials’ disappearance to the U.N. Security Council later Monday, spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told The Associated Press.
“On Oct. 10, the IAEA received a declaration from the Iraqi Ministry of Science and Technology informing us that approximately 350 (metric) tons of high explosive material had gone missing,” Fleming said.
“The most immediate concern here is that these explosives could have fallen into the wrong hands.”
Do you think?
October 26th, 2004 at 1:46 pm
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|By SayUncle|
I noticed (and noted in comments) that the NYT (and AP) tgirsch Says:
October 25th, 2004 at 11:39 am
Note that prior to our invasion, the entire world knew exactly where those munitions were, and had them guarded under lock and key by the UN. When the UN got out of the way so we could come and bomb the crap out of the country, we never bothered to secure them.
October 25th, 2004 at 11:42 am
That happened once before if I recall.
October 25th, 2004 at 12:46 pm
so the UN knew that Iraq had major explosives and did not destory them.
who is at fault here? the americans for losing the stuff or the UN for keeping it around so it could get lost.
October 25th, 2004 at 1:21 pm
Why, IT’S ALL BUSH’S FAULT YOU MORON HE IS TEH DEVIL AND EVERYTHING BAD IS HIS FAULT DON’T YOU GET IT AND I’M GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS UNTIL BUSH IS GONE OR TEH WORLD ENDS WHICHEVER COMES FIRST BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE WORLD ENDING BECAUSE BUSH IS DESTROYING EVERYTING!~!!11!! AND EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT IN IRAQ UNTIL BUSHITLER INVADED DON’T YOU KNOW ANYTHING YOU MORAN???
October 25th, 2004 at 3:59 pm
Thib:
Methinks someone forgot to take their medication this morning. Calm down.
cube:
So now it’s the UN’s fault? That’s rich. Everyone, including the US, knew the depot was there. Why should the UN be faulted for not destroying it, but the US bears no responsibility for not continuing to secure it and not destroying it?
October 25th, 2004 at 4:06 pm
One thing i have seen pointed out in the last hour or so is the vagueness of the timing. Did this happen this week or a year and 8 months ago?
October 25th, 2004 at 5:47 pm
Methinks people who use “methinks” are total dorks.
October 25th, 2004 at 8:34 pm
Thib:
Guilty as charged!
October 25th, 2004 at 10:22 pm
Did this happen this week or a year and 8 months ago?
The stash was stolen during the initial invasion of Baghdad, Rice was informed a month ago and it made the papers today IIRC.
October 27th, 2004 at 2:12 pm
According to the leftists in my office 760 thousand pounds of high explosives are/is NOT weapons of mass destruction. So, no worries.