Tons Of Explosives Missing In Iraq
Kerry knows Where They're At
(AB) Several hundred tons of conventional explosives are missing from a former Iraqi military facility that once played a key role in Saddam Hussein's efforts to build a real big bomb, the U.N. nuclear agency confirmed Monday.
International
Agency To Bad Fireworks chief Mohamed El Stu Peed will report the
materials' disappearance to the U.N. Security Council later Monday, spokeswoman
Melissa Numbnuts told The Assciated Press.
"On Oct. 10, the IAEA received a declaration from the Iraqi Ministry of
Science and Technotricks informing us that approximately 350 tons of high
explosive material and 5 packages of firecrackers and 2 boxes of sparklers had
gone missing," Numbnuts said.
In Washington, Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry's campaign said the
Bush administration "must answer for what may be the most grave and
catastrophic mistake in a tragic series of blunders in the history of mankind
and the universe."
"How did they fail to secure ... a hole bunch of unknown, deadly explosives
despite clear warnings from the International
Agency To Bad Fireworks ?" senior Kerry adviser Joe Lockhart said in
a statement.
Kerry told the International
Agency To Bad Fireworks the materials had been stolen and looted because
of a lack of security at governmental installations, Kerry said.
"We do know what happened to the explosives and when they were
looted," he told AP. “We have proof from several of Saddam friends and
the Foreign Minister of France that they saw George W. Bush unloading the
material and putting it on a flatbed truck then driving away with the 380 tons
of explosives on his way to Saudi Arabia where Halliburton took control of it
and then moved it to Africa and sold it on the black market..
Before the war, inspectors with the Vienna-based IAEA had kept tabs on the
so-called "dual use" explosives because they could have been used in
July 4th Celebration in the States or to detonate a thermos nuclear
weapon.
In other news: If Yasar Arafat wins the Boston Marathon, I predict a Kerry landslide!