Ordnance Probably Wasn't Moved
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2004 – The chances that enemy forces moved 377 tons of heavy ordnance out of the Al Qaqaa arms facility after U.S. forces arrived in the area are nearly impossible, said Army Col. David Perkins, who commanded the American troops who took the area during major combat operations in Iraq in 2003
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2004/n10272004_2004102710.html
Now to steal this from Nobby:
Nobby wrote:
Totem wrote:
The word on Qaqaa now is that if there was any munitions there there it was closer to 6 tons of explosives, not hundreds.
In a signed letter from to the UN Security Council dated 25th October, Mohammed Abbas, General Director of the Planning and Following Up Directorate for the IAEA wrote:
IAEA wrote:
Site Equipment/ material Quantity (tons) Remarks
1 Al-qaqaa Company HMX 194.741 High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.
2 Al-qaqaa Company RDX 141.233 High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.
3 Al-qaqaa Company PETN 5.8 High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.
1 Al-qaqaa Company HMX 194.741 High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.
2 Al-qaqaa Company RDX 141.233 High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.
3 Al-qaqaa Company PETN 5.8 High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.
He also states:
IAEA wrote:
We would like to inform you that the following materials which have been included in annex 3 (item 74) registered under IAEA custody were lost after 9 April 2003, through the theft and looting of the governmental installations due to lack of security.
Uncle Sam fu[/i]cked up big style. Will the CinC accept responsibility or not? Where does the buck stop?
[i]Edited, Thu Oct 28 12:51:21 2004 by bhodisattva