Whatever happened to all those stolen explosives right after we went in?

[Bonobo]

Anyone remember specifics? can you find links?

I tried but couldn't confirm too well. Was it 380 tons of explosives back in Oct. 2004?

Isn't this a likely source for the IEDs?

[Bluebear]

1. Shhh you're not supposed to remember that! (PHOTO>>>>>)

It was an unguarded ammo stowage area chock full of shit that could blow our soldiers up, but now it's more convenient to point towards Tehran.


Col. Cezary Rog, chief of staff of the Polish army's brigade headquarters in Karbala, Iraq, appears in front of mortar rounds and other munitions discovered at the Ukhaider Ammunition Storage Area in October 2003. Rog said he was in shock about the extensive weapons found at the site, which had been left open to looters for months after the fall of Iraq's government.

[Bonobo]

2. Left open...

They left open the whole warehouse of explosives. Could that have been an accident? Could our military be that retarded or was that on purpose for some unfathomable reason? Plausible deniability? I can't imagine they were thinking that at that point. But it seems unlikely the military could be THAT incompetent.

Any military wanna weigh in?

[Bluebear]

3. "THOUSANDS OF BUNKERS filled with ordinance" unguarded >>>>>>

The dump contained thousands of bunkers filled with ordinance and was more than 250 sq. km. in area. In the foreground of the pictures is Polish Chief of Staff at the Brigade HQ in Karbala, Iraq, Col. Cezary Rog.

[sam sarrha]

10. they weren't shocked they knew it was allowed deliberately, they were pissed!!

every death by IED is because of Bu$h not listening to his generals.. Negligent Homicide plain and simple..

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Damn liberal go back to your hole

you are NOT suposed to remember that!

:sarcasm:

Which reminds me, they say they have all the serial numbers? Perhaps that is where they are comming from?

[Bonobo]

5. Thanks for the liberal compliment

...and thanks for your post

(Estoy apesadumbrado que era desagradable cuando por último rayo y yo lo lamentamos.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. The so called complimet came from the obvious

fox noise comments on these thigns.

Sorry the sarcams tag didn't load the way it should

But that has been corrected

Oh and if you somehow felt insulsted, my apologies it was not intended... but what I wrote is exactly how the wingers will refer to you and ME.

Damn it, we both have a memory of events

[Bonobo]

8. I understood you were being sarcastic.

E intenté disculparme en español porque pensé que era tu lengua. Traductor maldecido del google.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. English is fine, don't worry about it

Now if you want to practice Spanish you are right Google sucks

;-)

They also suck in every other langauge

[Bluebear]

7. And K/R for good measure.

[sam sarrha]

11. and at least 17 semi's of plastic explosives more deadly than C4

[acmavm]

12. I asked about this a while ago and the only reply I got was from someone

who told me that story had been 'debunked'. So I just dropped it.

This is something that needs to be shoved back under the noses of the rah rah bush** supporters and those clowns that think the 'surge' is going to pull their chesnuts out of the fire.

[leftchick]

13. You Are Remembering Al-Qaqaa: "Massive' facility also held large caches of artillery"

Some 380 tons of explosives powerful enough to detonate nuclear warheads are missing from a former Iraqi military facility that was supposed to be under American control, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency says.

Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman for the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the interim Iraqi government reported to the agency several days ago in a letter that the explosives were missing from the Al Qaqaa complex south of Baghdad.

The explosives -- considered powerful enough to demolish buildings or detonate nuclear warheads -- were under IAEA control until the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. IAEA workers left the country before the fighting began.

"Our immediate concern is that if the explosives did fall into the wrong hands, they could be used to commit terrorist acts and some of the bombings that we've seen," Fleming said.

She described Al Qaqaa as "massive" and said it is one of the most well-known storage sites. Besides the explosives, it also held large caches of artillery.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/25/iraq.explosives/

[Bluebear]

14. "a former Iraqi military facility that was supposed to be under American control"

But quick, Toby Keith, warble another jingoistic ditty and America will forget all about it.

[cassiepriam]

15. The same place the pallets of money went.

Looks like the US supplied the insurgents quite well.

[SpiralHawk]

16. "Move along. There is nothing to see here." - Commander AWOL

[Karenina]

17. One name...

Tuwaitha

[Beelzebud]

18. That story went down the memory hole right after the 2004 election.

[myrna minx]

19. KSTP from the Twin Cities broke the story...

http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/s3748.shtml

[uppityperson]

20. Someone has been busy stamping them with their newly made stamp

"Assemebeled in iRaq"