Drudgepacker has the "Siren Up" -- Bush is Toast!

[djg21]

His headline:

"NBCNEWS: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq -- At Least 18 Months Ago -- Before Troops Arrived"

This is huge! We have our October Surprise.

[w13rd0]

1. The troops confirmed that the munitions

were there when they first visited, and were subsequently looted. If that's Drudge's headline, it's another miss for Sludge.

[Maple]

4. True...already confirmed

that munitions were there when troops arrived, and they had a UN seal on them.

[Egalitariat]

2. It helps Bush. It doesn't hurt him...

"Before Troops Arrived" is the key phrase, and its why Drudge put the siren on a story just now, instead of when the story broke yesterday.

You don't think he'd put the siren on a story that would actually hurt his boy, do you?

[qanda]

3. Wrong....

He's trying to say that this happened before our troops arrived and so they couldn't have guarded the weapons if they weren't there.

[shoopnyc123]

5. NO...

...the relationship with the IAEA and the WH was fucking crazy beacause they IGNORED THEM. THAT is the story.

[demgrrrll]

7. No the weapons were sealed and the WH was told to make protecting

the weapons a priority. Are they now saying that the weapons were not sealed? Reeks of desperation. This story must really be hurting Bush or they wouldn't try such blatant spin.

[Egalitariat]

8. What does "Under IAEA Seal" mean?

Is it a super-lock to which only the IAEA has the key? Is it a sticker on a door crack so that they'll know if it's been opened while they were gone?

Please educate me.

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. Under seal mean that the containers were sealed and marked

the last time the IAEA was in there, right before the invasion, the containers were still there and the seals were intact.

[djg21]

12. I agree!

This is all out damage control, and it reeks of desparation! There is no way Drudge or anyone else can explain away what only can be described as the negligence of the Bush administration and the DoD regarding the securitization of Iraq's munitions. The more they offer lame justifications and excuses, the more desparate and ridiculous they sound!

[DrBB]

6. This is b.s and he's trying to rescue the Dimwit with it

TPM has the scoop on why this attempt--which comes out of the Pentagon--to box it all back up won't wash. They can't even keep their story straight, and Drudge's piece will have to come down when they find out they've already contradicted this in their own statements.

[trumad]

9. here it is from TPM

At the Pentagon, an official who monitors developments in Iraq said US-led coalition troops had searched Al-Qaqaa in the immediate aftermath of the March 2003 invasion and confirmed that the explosives, which had been under IAEA seal since 1991, were intact. Thereafter the site was not secured by U.S. forces, the official said, also speaking on condition of anonymity.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1098677410357

[Disturbed]

10. I smell the stench of...

a desperate Cover Up!

[WLKjr]

13. Jeebus, can he make the font size any higher??/

sorry drudge, your boy is toast, SUPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!

[SoCalDem]

14. What NBC article REALLY said... (Drudge is lying..again)

"The letter from Abbas informed the IAEA that since Sept. 4, 2003, looting at the Al-Qaqaa installation south of Baghdad had resulted in the loss of 214.67 tons of HMX, 155.68 tons of RDX and 6.39 tons of PETN explosives."


http://www.nbc4.com/news/3849528/detail.html


since this is Drudge AND a BF LIE...

locking

there are at least 10 threads knockiong around here with documented evidence..

no need for rumors..

[RoyGBiv]

15. Reality Check ...

I just love how all these things fall together. We have a story from a week ago about those in power now creating their own reality, and here are the MediaWhores facilitating that.

Here's what the Penatagon actually said:

"We do not know when -- if those weapons did exist at that facility -- they were last seen, and under whose control they were last in ... It's very possible -- certainly it's plausible -- that it was the Saddam Hussein regime that last had control of these things."

This, my friends, is what in another time might have been called a non-denial denial. IOW, no one is calling anyone a damn liar. The Pentagon is simply saying, "We do not know ..." which is itself a damned lie -- well, it is plausible (love that word) that the WH or certain people in the Pentagon don't know, but someone knows. Regardless, this statement says absolutely nothing. It plants a seed of doubt. It speculates and invites Whores like Drudge to spin it favorably for the administration.

I also find it ironic that they're almost inviting some brave soul to come along and ask the inevitable question, "What did you know, and when did you know it?"

I need some popcorn.