Does anyone know if the explosive devices

[onecitizen]

or material that Saddam had (and is missing now) was illegal for him to possess? Because Peggy Noonan is already saying: "aha! He DID have WMD"! So, I'm wondering if this was stuff it was OK for him to have?

[Worst Username Ever]

1. They were conventional explosives.

Not illegal, and they were documented by the UN before any of this happened.

[MisterP]

8. under IAEA seal, in fact

Reagan-fetishist Noonan can put an egg in her shoe and beat it

[AIJ Alom]

2. no it was dual use.

it was legal for him to have and the united nations put it in that site.

[NMDemDist2]

3. they were under the IAEA seal, we know they had them the inspectors

knew they had them, our soldiers checked it out for WMD's and when they didn't find any they just left them there!

see this post from Wm Pitt

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1167024

[sandnsea]

7. Yes, it's At The Web Site iaea.rg

Material under seal. Colossal failure not to protect this stuff.

Item 32
http://www.iaea.org/OurWork/SV/Invo/reports/s_2003_422.pdf

Here's reports from 1996 - 2004
http://www.iaea.org/OurWork/SV/Invo/statements.html

Here's a MAP and list of all IAEA sites
http://www.iaea.org/OurWork/SV/Invo/factsheet.html

[pinto]

4. The UN was monitoring the site pre invasion, as Saddam and Bush both knew.

The weapons were contained and accounted for. When we invaded Iraq the UN monitoring agency had to leave and was not allowed back by US military authorities to assist after we took Baghdad. In the ensuing chaos, the munitions were heisted. As posted above, they were dual use munitions, meaning they had a legitimate civilian use (construction, etc.) and a military use ("conventional" bombs). They were not weapons of mass destruction, but they are now weapons of terror due to our failure to keep them under control as the UN teams had been successfully doing pre invasion.

[acmavm]

5. We should all e-mail her and ask her if she really is THAT STUPID.

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[Gothmog]

6. Legal for most uses but could be used in nuclear program

The explosives were classified as dual use materials that could be used in nuclear program but also had legitimate civilian uses.

[onecitizen]

9. OK thanx everyone

that's what I thought. Noonan is just trying to float this out there for the faithful I guess. They believe any explanation given to them. I will say though that Lou (Dobbs) tried to steer her right but still......