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| U.S. Team Took 200 Tons of Iraqi Explosives | |
| 2004-10-29 | |
A U.S. Army officer came forward Friday and said a team from the 3rd Infantry Division took about 200 tons of explosives from the Al-Qaqaa munitions base soon after Saddam Hussein's regime fell last year. Major Austin Pearson appeared at a Pentagon news conference to say it was his mission to go the facility and clear explosives from the base. He said he did not discover that the International Atomic Energy Agency had reported 377 tons of explosives were missing until Tuesday night and he said he promptly contacted military officials.
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| Posted by:Mrs. Davis |
| #17 OG :) sometime I wonder if anyone is awake. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-29 8:39:13 PM |
| #16 the effect of too much alcohol/pot/other illicit drugs, Oh, boy, can't wait for my autopsy... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-10-29 6:10:40 PM |
| #15 ...and then? |
| Posted by: Old Grouch 2004-10-29 5:40:19 PM |
| #14 Pls never tell me wife about soupy dynamite. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-29 5:35:37 PM |
| #13 A sudden surge of love and respect for AP flows thru my primal brain. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-29 5:34:56 PM |
| #12 The largest amount of explosives I set off in one shot was 10,000 lb of soupy 60% dynamite to get rid of it. That was enough. Heh heh. Any of you mil types know how much they fire off in one demolition shot? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-10-29 5:31:37 PM |
| #11 The only thing all of this reveals is that there are a LARGE number of people around the world who have a distinct problem getting two neurons to fire in sequence. Whether this is a birth defect, the effect of too much alcohol/pot/other illicit drugs, or Mike Moron disease, it leads to the same result - the mouth moves, sound comes out, but the brain failed to function. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-10-29 5:26:56 PM |
| #10 Don't worry - the Kyoto gang is getting all worked up about methane from cattle, and dihydrogen-monoxide emissions from fuel cells. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-10-29 3:31:06 PM |
| #9 There is not going to be much of anything concentrated around Tehran if they keep it up. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-10-29 3:08:54 PM |
| #8 The IAEA numbers claimed that 377 tons of explosives were at al Qaqaa. In Jan 2003 the IAEA inspectors found only 3 tons of RDX (out of 141 tons). If the 138 tons of RDX were removed from the site, then that would leave 239 tons of explosives left. This squares with Maj. Pearson's statement that his EOD group removed about 250 tons of explosives. My question is what happened to the 138 tons of RDX that the IAEA could not account for in Jan 2003? My take is that the Iraqis removed and dispersed it in anticipation of war, like they did with a large part of their weapons stockpile. It would be nice to account for it. Has anyone looked in SteveS, CO2 is the least of Kyoto's worries. Think about all the nitrogen oxide released. Who knows what that will do the smog concentrations in Tehran. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-10-29 2:52:52 PM |
| #7 ROFLMAO!!! ------- COFFEE ALERT -------- |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-29 2:44:28 PM |
| #6 I heard on NPR that people from KBR, a subsidiary of HALLIBURTON of which Cheney was President, were watching the explosion under a no-bid contract. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-10-29 2:40:58 PM |
| #5 But wait! If the US Army blew this stuff up, that means it was oxidized into CO2 and other greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases means the Kyoto Treaty that Bushitler(tm) and Chainey refused to sign. Get the putty knives! We may be able to scrap a scandal out of this yet. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2004-10-29 2:37:14 PM |
| #4 MK - Saw it, laughed my ass off. The tonnages tossed around by the "journalists" are, of course, only an abstract term to such ponces. I doubt that any of those present, save Major Pearson, and possibly Brett Baeir of Fox, would know a ton of explosives if they saw it, nor would they know how any given amount translated to destructive power - the real point of this exercise in political insincerity. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-29 2:28:02 PM |
| #3 that's what I heard on the radio (Rush) broadcast. Disgusting |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-29 1:54:51 PM |
| #2 Was I the only one who saw that news conference and heard the press keep asking about the 380 tons, while MAJ Pearson kept telling them there weren't 380 tons?... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-10-29 1:50:59 PM |
| #1 His statements indicate that RDX or HMX were not at that facility in any large quanity,as well. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2004-10-29 1:11:35 PM |