"Need we say more?"
A videotape made by a television crew with American troops when they opened bunkers at a sprawling Iraqi munitions complex south of Baghdad shows a huge supply of explosives still there nine days after the fall of Saddam Hussein, apparently including some sealed earlier by the International Atomic Energy Agency...
Weapons experts familiar with the work of the international inspectors in Iraq say the videotape appears identical to photographs that the inspectors took of the explosives, which were put under seal before the war. One frame shows what the experts say is a seal, with narrow wires that would have to be broken if anyone entered through the main door of the bunker.
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"The photographs are consistent with what I know of Al Qaqaa," said David A. Kay, a former American official who led the recent hunt in Iraq for unconventional weapons and visited the vast site. "The damning thing is the seals. The Iraqis didn't use seals on anything. So I'm absolutely sure that's an I.A.E.A. seal."...
The gloomy interiors revealed long rows of boxes, crates and barrels, what independent experts said were three kinds of HMX containers shipped to Iraq from France, China and Yugoslavia.
I guess that puts an end to the ridiculous theory that the Russians were hauling the stuff to Syria--why the hell would they have any interest in French, Chinese, or Yugoslav products? It's not like they don't have plenty of their own explosives.
So, what will the next Bush excuse be? That the dog ate it? That's as
And, not that most Americans seem to care, sadly, but Your Right Hand Thief noted the report released yesterday that suggests upwards of 100,000 civilians have died as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Wonderful. I'm sure they and their families will be comforted by the idea that they died for Halliburton, um, I mean, democracy.
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