Al-Qaqaa Spokesman Says No Weapons Search - Suck that freepers (RATE IT)

[jefferson_dem]

The first U.S. military unit to reach the Al-Qaqaa military installation after the fall of Baghdad did not have orders to search for the nearly 400 tons of explosives that are missing from the site, the unit spokesman said Tuesday.


When troops from the 101st Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade arrived at the Al-Qaqaa base a day or so after coalition troops seized Baghdad on April 9, 2003, there were already looters throughout the facility, Lt. Col. Fred Wellman, deputy public affairs officer for the unit, told The Associated Press.


The soldiers "secured the area they were in and looked in a limited amount of bunkers to ensure chemical weapons were not present in their area," Wellman wrote in an e-mail message. "Bombs were found but not chemical weapons in that immediate area.


"Orders were not given from higher to search or to secure the facility or to search for HE type munitions, as they (high-explosive weapons) were everywhere in Iraq (news - web sites)," he wrote.

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[cubsfan forever]

1. Getting harder and harder to spin

their lies, isn't it? The truth shall set US free!

Professor 2

[swag]

2. Rated, and kicked, and how could any true American support fraud Bush?

[slutticus]

3. Read, Rated, and Kicked

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. Chimp compounds his mistakes.

One mistake creates another, and another, and another.

[Sydnie]

5. Done n/t

[DemsUnited]

6. done

:kick:

[Rageneau]

7. Bombs were found, but no chemical weapons. Oh, that explains it.

No wonder they just ignored 350 tons of high explosives -- it wasn't on their scavenger hunt list.

[ciaobox]

8. choke on that freeptard bitches!

Mosh.

[SoCalDemocrat]

9. excellent

Can we compile more facts into this thread.

For example, inspectors found some material removed early in 2003 before they resealed it. Wash Times and freepers are trying to spin this to mean all the explosives were taken. I recall it was a small amount that was actually moved or taken out.