October 24, 2004
Apparently, 350 tons of specialized, dual use, high explosives were looted early in the occupation. The same kind of explosives that have been killing our troops over the past year. The same kind of explosives used in the triggering process of a nuclear bomb.
"The International Atomic Energy Agency publicly warned about the danger of these explosives before the war, and after the invasion it specifically told United States officials about the need to keep the explosives secured, European diplomats said in interviews last week. Administration officials say they cannot explain why the explosives were not safeguarded, beyond the fact that the occupation force was overwhelmed by the amount of munitions they found throughout the country. "
"...After the invasion, when widespread looting began in Iraq, the international weapons experts grew concerned that the Qaqaa stockpile could fall into unfriendly hands. In May, an internal I.A.E.A. memorandum warned that terrorists might be helping "themselves to the greatest explosives bonanza in history."
"Earlier this month, in a letter to the I.A.E.A. in Vienna, a senior official from Iraq's Ministry of Science and Technology wrote that the stockpile disappeared after early April 2003 because of "the theft and looting of the governmental installations due to lack of security."
"another obvious question is what's been done with the 350 tons, if anything, outside of Iraq? Our sources were unanimous in thinking that for reasons noted below, "it's still in Iraq, and this is the most likely primary source of the explosives which have been used to blow up Humvees and in all the deadly car bomb attacks since the Occupation began." Sources also discount any possibility except that "this was a highly organized operation using heavy equipment, and it was done right under our noses."
http://www.hellblazer.com/archives/2004/10/george_bushs_in.html
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/002958.php