380TONS of Iraqi explosives missing- way to go US
 

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/25/in...rtner=homepage

Damn UN...so they identify the stockpile and take care of it when they were allowed in the country...but they are too wussy to take care of it after we kicked them out? What good is an organization that doesn't take vigilante action? Look how far it got the US.

Maybe this is part of Bush's war on terrorism, make sure the terrorist get the weapons in order for the war on terrorism to continue.

Old news. By the way, NBC will have some new developments on this tomorrow.

But it's the Kerry-grab-at-anything daily rant, supported fully and never fully reported by the free arm of the Kerry campaign, also known as mainstream press.

Some reports have followed stating that the stockpile of weapons were no longer present upon our soldiers initially entering the location. If this is true, sounds like the Kerry campaign used another false story(i.e. Rathergate). The Kerry campaign should really make it a point to make sure that stories they seize upon are accurate.

Ah yes... it must be a "fabricated" story (and not that Democrats are the only users of this... hello WMD?) ala what you call "Rathergate" (guess he's only useful when he's sitting on stories for the administration - Abu Gharib for example).

So after 9 April 03 they went missing... now I beleive that was after the invasion... hmm who was in control of the immediate area aound this time? Guess it would have been smarter to secure the weapon sites instead of the nearby oil sites huh?

As for everyones edification:
missing are 195 metric tonnes of HMX
missing are 141 metric tonnes of RDX
missing are 5.8 metric tonnes of PETN

These explosive compounds are used to create powerful and stable explosives... such as plastique or simtex or C4. For those that remember the plane blown-up over Lockerbie, Scotland - that was accomplished by 1/2 a kg (1lb) of this class of explosive.

I said that reports are coming in that state that the original story may not be accurate. This means that the date in April you talk about may not be an accurate date. You should stick to the main issues in your country (i.e. legalizing heroin in Toronto or Montreal, I can't remember).

Well see here's the thing Rudey... oops phigamucsb (it can get confusing sometimes seperating your reactionary neo-cons), global issues are just a little but important to people in my country, as well as that thingy called the UN... so we tend to pay attention to little stories like this.

Hmmm... what's this... an update perhaps?
Tons of Explosives Missing in Iraq
By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._agency_iraq_7

Cooper, your Anti-US views are tolerated here. Barely. It's expected from Canadians, whose jealousy and resentment are never far beneath the surface. (Someone please pass the salt. I need a few more grains.)
Read ( if you will) further developments on this today from several sources, not just those which seem to fit your pre-ordained positions.
Spend time in the real America and find out what real America thinks. It's not contained in the New York Times. OR the AP.

Only moderators get to choose what is tolerated. Do not question the authority of the viceroys.

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So this story has been disproved.

It's understandable that the news agents jumped on it, but who released the info in the first place?

Kerry, even after the truth came out kept stumping on this, completely ignoring the fact that the story contradicting the initial report was out.

One Bush aide said that Kerry "Wouldn't let the facts get in the way of his stump speach".

Well said.

I do find this entire thing morbidly funny and ironic at the same time. Consider this, Al-Qaqaa was named in Tony Blair's famous Iraq weapons dossier as a factory whose products could kill many innocent people.

I speak for myself moron. Don't ever get me confused with anyone else.

You, are a hack who I've showed wrong over and over. Often I've showed your lies. It's only appropriate for you to be upset and keep bringing me up isn't it.

-Rudey
--Keep stroking me

Sigh... why is it that I always seemed to be accused of being Anti-American by Bush supporters and not others?

Most of the news agencies seem to now be argueing about the time-line of the explosive's dissapearance - based on comments by NBC and Scott McClellan. However I'm still holding out for a more concrete report one way or the other... after it's McClellan's job to put spin on a issue, and I'm still waiting to see a definative report from NBC (or the 101st).

Oh as for spending time in the "real" America talking to "real" Americans... please point out where this location or people are. See cause I'm confused, I thought that I had been in the "real" America when I visited Washington, or Chicago, or Pittsburg, or Detroit, or Seattle, Indianopolis, or Omaha, or Fort Bragg, or Fort Benning, or Fort Hood, or Fort Knox - been to all in last year. Further I was under the assumption that "real" Americans lived or worked in these places...

How many times do people have to show you're a big fat liar?

-Rudey

No shortage
 

I understand that there is no shortage of flu shots in Canada.

However, there is a three month wait for an appointment to get one.

lay off personal attacks, por favor.

Here are some of the stories about this in a nutshell, as told by the Christian Science Monitor:

Link to the article

Well, I know I believe the CSM. MmHmm. Let's make a deal. I won't quote NewsMax and you don't quote the CSM.

And in terms of toleration, I only speak for myself. Others on here might consider doing the same, viceroy or not. But I do respect your admonishment, o exalted one.

Oh, Canada. Where to begin. The smug war of words. Weapon of choice or necessity?

Read the article. It's a brief summary of the coverage. As for Newsmax, use if you want. I just don't take the Moonies too seriously.

I did. It's pretty well done, and as you point out is simply a compilation of comments from other reports and does not draw any of its own conclusions.

What the heck is NewsMax? Never heard of it.

Huh? What did I miss?

They were still talking about it on every news outlet I heard or read yesterday.

The "fact" that the weapons disappeared after the invasion has been shown to be conjecture at best. The facts as we have them are that the IAEA knew about the weapons but did not inform us of this high value target until after they had been taken. They were taken sometime between the time that the inspectors left and when the US first reached the location and found no such stores of weapons.

If anyone is to blame, it's the IAEA for not working with the US to notify us as to where these high value targets were. So disproved might be a little too extreme. My bad. Presenting the story as "Bush lost 380 tons of weapons" is just as extreme and baseless however.

OK, but that doesn't "disprove" the story. It questions the timing. Which is important. But, so far at least, the timeline may prove that we screwed up.

Nothing has been proved or disproved.

ETA that laying this entirely at President Bush's feet is wrong -- unless you hold the CinC liable for everything that happens. That's not realistic.

Actually, the IAEA has told the world about the high value targets. Al-Qaqaa was named in Tony Blair's famous Iraq weapons dossier as a factory whose products could kill many innocent people. On May 3 2003, IAEA has raise concerns about Al-Qaqaa to the US Mission in austria.

I already said that my use of the word "disprove" was too extreme.

Anyhow. It's an extremely old story that was just rereleased and repackaged for election purposes. A Kerry October surprise. Expect another one before the election.

You're right. Sorry, I read over it and it just didn't register, I guess.

Speaking of October surprizes, I thought the administration was supposed to announce the capture of Bin Laden on 10/15.

Never mind...