The worst may be yet to come in Iraq

Donald — 10/26/2004 1:22:34 PM (archived)

The worst may be yet to come in Iraq

THE NEWS TRIBUNE
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004 12:01 AM (PDT)

No amount of spin can mask the fact that things are not going well for the United States and its allies in Iraq. Now a bad situation has grown worse.

Bush administration officials have admitted that they had no idea what happened to a stockpile of about 380 tons of high-powered conventional explosives in Iraq. Itâ€™s another example of the administrationâ€™s failure to adequately plan and effectively carry out the war and occupation.

The explosives, which are powerful enough to destroy large buildings and trigger nuclear weapons, were stored at the Al Qaqaa facility south of Baghdad. Terrorists used identical explosives to blow up a Moscow apartment building in 1999 and a housing complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia last year. Although U.S. officials were warned by the International Atomic Energy Agency about the explosives, they failed to secure the site after the fighting began. It was an inexcusable mistake that could eventually haunt U.S. forces and their allies.

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The worst may be yet to come in Iraq - Donald - 10/26/2004 1:22:34 PM
- Tracking Inspections Jan 2003 - Jack Herer - 10/26/2004 4:59:31 PM
- And, of course, the question nobody is asking... - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 3:54:02 PM
  - Why didn't the UN inspectors burn it? - Gary - 10/26/2004 4:27:53 PM
- Ewww....Comic Guy says, "Worst Thread Ever!" ;) - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 3:21:37 PM
  - Isn't it interesting that.... - Gary - 10/26/2004 3:37:36 PM
    - Drudgereport is running with this story on the MSM (n/t) - Gary - 10/26/2004 3:49:31 PM
- Turns out the claims aboutt he missing explosives was 'incorrect', Don. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 1:58:22 PM
  - So let me get this straight, Ed... - Donald - 10/26/2004 2:15:44 PM
    - Get it straight, if you can: The explosives were not there. It is the museum lie told much larger. - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:30:02 PM
      - Off the deep end - Donald - 10/26/2004 2:48:19 PM
        
        PS: How to tell when Don knows he has lost an argument - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:55:22 PM
        
        whereas we know you've lost when you resort to base insult - Davin L. - 10/26/2004 5:17:55 PM
        
        He's lost at life - that's why he leads with "a base insult". No content, empty. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/26/2004 8:00:32 PM
        
        You only wish it were so. - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 5:45:06 PM
        
        Yes, those pesky eye witnesses get in the way of agenda driven news. And I am sure you still think the documents were 'fake but accurate'. You seem to enjoy a diet of bs, Don. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:52:51 PM
        
        A scarab beetle rolling his ball of dung (n/t) - Gary - 10/26/2004 3:40:14 PM
        
        re: So you have come to the same conclusion about Ed as I have. He is a RNC dung roller! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/26/2004 11:43:17 PM
    - What exactly about this article... - Donald - 10/26/2004 2:20:21 PM
      - And explain this Pentagon confirmation - Donald - 10/26/2004 2:22:42 PM
        
        I doubt it. I would bet the context is very different. - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:31:40 PM
        
        Hey Ed. Black is black and white is white. (n/t) - LJ - 10/26/2004 3:16:14 PM
        
        Speaking of black and white, CBS was going to do another sham report hit on the Bush Administration. - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 4:05:02 PM
- Bush cover-up exposed - Donald - 10/26/2004 1:48:46 PM
  - But the claim is false, so the coverup is false, Don (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:05:14 PM
- Bush's blunders in Iraq - Donald - 10/26/2004 1:47:29 PM
  - So another critique based on a false premise, Don. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:05:57 PM
- Iraq's missing explosives - Donald - 10/26/2004 1:40:16 PM
  - Yet another condemnation based on a false premise, Don. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:06:37 PM
- Worse Than the Usual Bad - Donald - 10/26/2004 1:34:39 PM
  - Don, you wouldn't be trying to do a 'james' and just spam bs here, would you? (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:07:25 PM
- Making Things Worse - Donald - 10/26/2004 1:30:37 PM
  - But since Al Zarqaiw has always been Al Qaeda, why is this news? - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:08:55 PM
- Slaughter and sloppiness - Donald - 10/26/2004 1:24:23 PM
  - laughter of Iraqi heroes you say are unworthy of our support, and 'theft' of explosives that weren't even there. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:10:03 PM
    - I think there's an s-hole somehere... (n/t) - LJ - 10/26/2004 4:36:39 PM
    - re:(s) laughter of Iraqi heroes you say are unworthy of our support, and 'theft' of explosives that weren't even there. (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/26/2004 2:10:41 PM

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