Embedded Minnesota Newscrew had footage of unsecured explosives

[JHB]

An item in the Minnesota forum that deserves wider attention:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x3462

Posted by Oreo:
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S3723.html?cat=1

A 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS crew in Iraq shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein was in the area where tons of explosives disappeared.

The missing explosives are now an issue in the presidential debate. Democratic candidate John Kerry is accusing President Bush of not securing the site they allegedly disappeared from. President Bush says no one knows if the ammunition was taken before or after the fall of Baghdad on April 9, 2003 when coalition troops moved in to the area.

Using GPS technology and talking with members of the 101st Airborne 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS determined our crew embedded with them may have been on the southern edge of the Al Qaqaa installation, where that ammunition disappeared. Our crew was based just south of Al Qaqaa. On April 18, 2003 they drove two or three miles north into what is believed to be that area.

During that trip, members of the 101st Airborne Division showed the 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS crew bunker after bunker of material labelled explosives. Usually it took just the snap of a bolt cutter to get in and see the material identified by the 101st as detonation cords.
"We can stick it in those and make some good bombs." a soldier told our crew.

[YEM]

1. This is so BIG. This should be all over the news by tonight.

I have no doubt that those are the weapons in question!

[Sara Beverley]

2. Uh oh, no more embeds allowed when we invade another country.

You just can't trust the media even if you hand pick them!

[blm]

3. MEDIA BLAST!!!!

And send to your local papers.

[tabasco]

4. The truth will come out.

Anybody who hasn't figured out what a truly incompetent and dishonest administration this is might get a clue.

I am constantly shocked by the Bush administration's failure to accept reponsibility for its actions.

[Tamyrlin79]

5. SEND THIS EVERYWHERE!!!!!

THIS NEEDS TO GET OUT!!! DU-ers, fire up your media e-mail lists!

The Red Soxx is great and all, but this is HUGE! It proves Kerry right.

[JHB]

6. Footage from the newscrew

http://kstp.dayport.com/viewer/viewerpage.php?Art_ID=159660
(after a promo for the station)

The above link provided by whosinpower in this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2550822

Just collecting as much relevant information in one place.

[mzmolly]

8. This Minnesotan is proud of our local station.

:toast:

[GeorgeBushytail]

7. Nominated for front page!

[JHB]

12. Original posting is already there

The one from the Minnesota forum.

Send that station a case of champaigne!

[kikiek]

9. I like that they say they believe they were there...The last crate

has written on it Al Qaqaa.

[robbedvoter]

10. Yess! Someone called Air America with it - we need to push it

under the nose of the "media"

[TexasLady]

11. just sent the link to a few websites

here in Texas.

[JHB]

13. I've sent the links to truthout and Buzzflash

n/t