I need transcripts because Ken Dixon (101st airborne) is a liar.

[slater71]

Does anyone know how to get transcripts from Hannity & Cholmes last night and from Neil Boortz today? This guy Dixon said last night on H & C that he was at that site where the stuff was missing and claimed to have gone through the ammo dump`s buildings and that his commander DID NOT order them not to go into the buildings. He said that he saw only some grenades and RPG`S.
Today, he said on the Boortz show, that he went into only one building because his commander said they were not to go in there saying that was not what we were there for, but he guessed that he did`t hear that order and went in anyway. He said that he saw no AIAEA seal but also admitted that he would not know what one looked like.
If someone can get the audio or transcripts you will see word for word what he said and how different his story was.

[dave123williams]

1. You might try this....

A very little digging comes up with an interview with the NBC reporter embedded with that very unit, 101st Airborne, Second Brigade, who remembers well what
happened that day at Qaqaa:

"Lai Ling Jew: When we went into the area, we were actually leaving Karbala and we were initially heading to Baghdad with the 101st Airborne, Second Brigade.
The situation in Baghdad, the Third Infantry Division had taken over Baghdad and so they were trying to carve up the area that the 101st Airborne Division
would be in charge of. As a result, they had trouble figuring out who was going to take up what piece of Baghdad. They sent us over to this area in
Iskanderia. We didn't know it as the Qaqaa facility at that point but when they did bring us over there we stayed there for quite a while. We stayed
overnight, almost 24 hours. And we walked around, we saw the bunkers that had been bombed, and that exposed all of the ordinances that just lied dormant on
the desert.

AR: Was there a search at all underway or did a search ensue for explosives once you got there during that 24-hour period?

LLJ: No. There wasn't a search. The mission that the brigade had was to get to Baghdad. That was more of a pit stop there for us. And, you know, the
searching, I mean certainly some of the soldiers head off on their own, looked through the bunkers just to look at the vast amount of ordnance lying around.
But as far as we could tell, there was no move to secure the weapons, nothing to keep looters away. But there was - at that point the roads were shut off. So
it would have been very difficult, I believe, for the looters to get there.

AR: And there was no talk of securing the area after you left. There was no discussion of that?

LLJ: Not for the 101st Airborne, Second Brigade. They were -- once they were in Baghdad, it was all about Baghdad, you know, and then they ended up moving
north to Mosul. Once we left the area, that was the last that the brigade had anything to do with the area."

[EarlG]

2. His commander DID NOT order them into the buildings?

Rudy Giuliani said it was the troops' fault for not searching properly. Now we find that they were ordered not to go into the buildings? My goodness.

But hang on, what about this?

Coalition Discovers Suspicious Sites Near Baghdad

Friday, April 04, 2003

...

"It is clearly a suspicious site," Col. John Peabody, engineer brigade commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, said of the first site.

...

But a senior U.S. official in Washington who is familiar with initial testing said the materials at the first site were believed to be explosives.

"Initial reports are that the material is probably just explosives, but we're still going through the place," the official said.

...

The facility had been identified by the International Atomic Energy Agency as a suspected chemical, biological and nuclear weapons site. U.N. inspectors visited the plant at least a dozen times, including as recently as Feb. 18.

The facility is part of a larger complex known as the Latifiyah Explosives and Ammunition Plant al Qa Qaa.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83170,00.html

[slater71]

3. I heard about this

My point on the Ken Dixon deal was that the pubes were showcasing him on all their shows and he is telling different stories.

[papau]

4. photos of SEAL - no looting when we took control - from KSTP TV

Seals used by the IAEA (top). A seal on an Iraqi bunker door videotaped by a 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS crew on April 18, 2003 (bottom).

OK but which they had said more about this "seal" image that they posted to their web site.



BREAKING from KSTP (photos of IAEA seals)

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S3741.html?cat=1

A 5 Eyewitness News crew in Iraq may have been just a door away from materials that could be used to detonate nuclear weapons. The evidence is in videotape shot by Reporter Dean Staley and Photographer Joe Caffrey at or near the Al Qaqaa munitions facility.

The video shows a cable locking a door shut. That cable is connected by a copper colored seal.

A spokesperson for the International Atomic Energy Agency told 5 Eyewitness News that seal appears to be one used by their inspectors. "In Iraq they were used when there was a concern that this could have a, what we call, dual use purpose, that there could be a nuclear weapons application."

[jefferson_dem]

5. FauxNews Transcript

'The Stuff They're Claiming Was There, Was Not There'


J$P Instant Transcript! Former 101st Airborne soldier Ken Dixon tells Hannity and Colmes about his search of Al Qaqaa.


From Hannity and Colmes, October 27 2004:

SEAN HANNITY : Joining us now with a very exclusive interview is former soldier Ken Dixon. He is with the 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne who was at Al Qaqaa on the day of question. And Ken, first of all, thank you for all you do for your country. You guys were there; you’re the ones that took Baghdad, and we are in a great debt of gratitude to you. So thank you for being with us.

KEN DIXON : Thank you for having me sir.

HANNITY: All right, first of all, you were not the first one there as has been reported. I think this is important. About five days earlier as I understand it the 3rd Infantry was there, correct?

DIXON: Yes, sir. The 3rd ID rolled through a few days ahead of us, and apparently from what I’ve read they drew some fire from that area, so they were actually on that base that we stayed on.

HANNITY: All right. This is very important, because this has become front and central in the campaign. John Kerry is using a report from the New York Times to basically say the President failed to secure these weapons from this facility. You were one of the first people on the site. Can you tell the American people whether or not these weapons were there?

DIXON: No, sir, when we walked into the bunkers that apparently nobody went into, we were in those bunkers. There were no way, there was no way that there was 380 tons of explosives in those bunkers. What we found was conventional weapons such as regular RPGs, rockets, hand grenades, stuff like that. We’d seen that all the way up to Baghdad, and actually all the way up until Mosul.

HANNITY: Yeah. Now I also understand that Col David Perkins of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, he is now on record with an interview with Fox News that it was almost impossible for this to have been loaded, and saying basically the same thing that you’re saying here. So here we have a situation, Ken, where you are your guys, you went in there, you’re doing your job, and now these allegations, basically, are being thrown out by John Kerry in particular. And I think it’s an effort to undermine the military on his part, purposely. There is no evidence showing that munitions are removed. Not a single piece from any newspaper, television or radio network, but yet he’s going around the country telling everybody that in fact that happens. How does that make you feel? Do you think that undermines our military effort?

DIXON: Yes, sir, it definitely does undermine the work that we’re trying to do in Iraq. He has no evidence of the claims that he is making. They don’t even have a date of when this could have happened. It’s been explained that it would be impossible for it to be looted from the time that they’re saying it came up missing. The stuff was not there when we were there, therefore it had to be taken out before we were there on April 10th.

HANNITY: Now you’re out of the military now, and I think this is important because you’re speaking as a private citizen here.

DIXON: Yes, sir.

HANNITY: But with the experience that you have, here’s the point. Would you want to say something to John Kerry? Because John Kerry is telling the American people, he’s contradicting everything you’re saying. You were there. He’s telling the American people what you’re saying is, I don’t know if you want to use the word lie, but he’s telling the American people something that you say is not true. What would you say to John Kerry if you had an opportunity to talk to him about what he’s now saying to the American People?

DIXON: To watch what he says when it comes to claims that are unfounded as far as soldiers in Iraq and them not doing their job. Because he’s running around making claims. There’s no proof of what he is saying. The soldiers see this and they take it personally. At least I did.

ALAN COLMES : Mr Dixon, it’s Alan Colmes. We thank you for doing the show tonight, sir. We thank you for serving as well.

DIXON: Yes, sir.

COLMES: But I have to differ with you with all due respect about what John Kerry is saying. Because John Kerry has not impugned the soldiers at all. He’s speaking out about the administration and their ability to safeguard the material. Never once have I heard John Kerry, and I’d love to see the quote that Dick Cheney has said that he’s accused John Kerry of the same thing, I’d love to see the quote that John Kerry ever criticized the troops. Are you aware of anything he said that you found personally offensive that’s hurtful to the troops?

DIXON: As far as for me personally, what I consider a personal insult to what I did in Iraq is the fact that he is now going around claiming that this stuff was taken behind our backs while we were in the area.

COLMES: What he’s saying is that the administration didn’t do a good enough job. He’s not accusing the troops. In fact, it’s been stated that the 101st Airborne, it was not their mission to look for those munitions. Do you agree with that? That has been stated in story after story about this; that was never the goal of the Airborne which was there for 24 hours, a pit stop as explained by both an NBC producer and a Fox News reporter.

DIXON: Yes, sir, it was not our mission to go through and search this area, but that doesn’t mean that we didn’t go through it anyways. There was a report on I believe it was the New York Times, where my Brigade Commander, my old Brigade Commander, had said that he had given an order not to go in these bunkers. We never got that order. We were in those bunkers, so there’s--

COLMES: Right, well your Commander, Joseph Anderson, you’re talking about, right, who is quoted as saying we did not get involved in any of the bunkers. It was not our mission, it was not our focus, we were just stopping there on our way to Baghdad. The plan was not to go in there and start searching. That’s what he said. Is that not accurate?

DIXON: That’s what I’m saying. It was not our mission to go in there and search. We were making a pit stop, and at the time we just happened to see these bunkers and go in the bunkers. The stuff that they’re claiming was there was not there, because I was in the bunker and saw what was in the bunker.

COLMES: But there are many bunkers. Weren’t there so many buildings as has been reported that there’s no way in the time that you were there, the 24 hours, you could have inspected every building and every area where munitions could have been?

DIXON: No, we didn’t inspect every building. That wasn’t our intent. We didn’t even know what this place was when we were in there. But the fact is that they’re saying that this stuff was there, when it was not there. The only thing that was there was RPGs, regular explosives, and hand grenades. Stuff like that. There was nothing marked by anybody from the UN. These bunkers were open; they were not sealed at all. There were maybe a few but all the ones that I saw were open.

COLMES: But how many of the buildings that were there did you see, what percentage of the buildings? How big is the place? I understand it’s blocks and blocks, dozens and dozens of buildings. How much of that were you personally able to see?

DIXON: Pretty much on the way in we got a good look around the whole thing. We were an anti-armor company; we were in the Humvees. We got a good drive around and then we parked in there. We saw a lot of the buildings; I don’t remember a specific count, we weren’t counting them or anything like that.

COLMES: But you didn’t get a good, you didn’t go into every building. You didn’t get a chance to see what was in every building. So honestly there’s a lot we don’t know about this at this point, wouldn’t that be correct?

DIXON: There is a lot that we don’t know, but the problem is, is that there is no proof that this stuff came up missing because we were there, or while we were there. It didn’t come up missing after we were there because I didn’t see any of it.

COLMES: Right, the job, though--

DIXON: I was not the only soldier--

COLMES: Go ahead.

DIXON: Yes, sir. I was not the only soldier to go in these bunkers. There were other soldiers. It’s just that they may not remember.

HANNITY: Ken, if there’s a lot we don’t know, then it’s wrong for John Kerry to call it a blunder, and wrong for John Kerry to say you guys failed to guard those stockpiles, if he doesn’t know the truth. That’s the issue here, and he’s got ads even claiming it. But you are a great American, thank you for serving your country. We are better off because of brave people like you. Thank you for being with us tonight; we appreciate your time.

DIXON: Thank you, sir.

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[jefferson_dem]

6. Dans Lewis lies too. Reporter for FauxNews. Here's transcript!

'I don’t recall ever seeing an IAEA stamp'


J$P Instant Transcript! Dana Lewis tells Brit Hume what he found at Al Qaqaa.


From Special Report with Brit Hume, October 26 2004:

BRIT HUME : As you saw earlier, when the 101st Airborne Division stopped overnight at that weapons facility south of Baghdad, there was an NBC News embedded reporting team with them, including correspondent Dana Lewis, who is now with Fox News in Moscow, where he joins me now. Dana, tell me what happened. Now, this was the day after Baghdad had fallen, you were with the 101st, you were making your way up the spine of Iraq toward Baghdad. How did you come to stop there and what happened?

DANA LEWIS : Well Brit, I mean, to put it into context of what was going on at that moment, the fighting wasn’t over. There was chaos everywhere on the roads, and we were with the 101st as it was pushing north to take the southern suburbs of Baghdad. And as we were driving up the road I can remember seeing this amazing wall that seemed to go on forever. This thing was about 10 feet tall and it went on for at least a mile or two. I’ve never seen such a big compound in Iraq since I’ve been there for two years now. It was a tremendous compound. The 101st was ordered to go into the compound and spend the night there. They were not ordered to search that compound there; they simply used it as a pit stop so they could then continue their mission on to Baghdad. In fact I could tell you I was with the Col of the Strike Brigade, the 2nd Brigade, Col Joe Anderson, he was frustrated they had to spend the night there because they wanted to get on to their mission in Baghdad.

HUME: So you got inside this facility. I suppose some members of the unit might have heard of the place. What did you see when you got in there?

LEWIS: Sure, they may have had information on what may have been in there, because they generally had that kind of information. It was a tremendously large facility. You got in and saw all sorts of bunkers inside, and Brit, because we spent 24 hours there, I had the chance to walk that facility, and I took it. It was a long walk as we went from bunker to bunker with me and my cameraman. Most of the bunkers were locked at that point; you could not get inside. Some of them though appeared to have been hit by air strikes, and we were told by some of the soldiers on the ground that they had been hit by bombs. So some of the concrete was split open, and you could see munitions in a few of the bunkers. And then at one end of the facility I can remember seeing hangars full of rockets. I’d never seen so many rockets in one place. It looked like that facility had also been bombed from the air, and most of those rockets were bent out of shape and inoperable.

HUME: Right. Now we have seen pictures of these seals that the International Atomic Energy Agency and the weapons inspectors used to identify and close off the bunkers where some of these heavy explosives were believed to have been kept. Did you see any of those seals on any of the facilities as you were walking through there?

LEWIS: I’ve had those seals described to me, and I can tell you that as we went from the bunkers certainly there were wires and there were locks but I don’t recall ever seeing an IAEA stamp on any of them. It doesn’t mean that there weren’t any of them.

HUME: I got you. Now, in addition to, you saw evidence of bombing obviously. Was there any sign that this facility had been looted that you could see?

LEWIS: I would say at that point no, Brit. I mean, as we went north, you could certainly see looting in Baghdad and I know what looting looks like. Hundreds of kids and hundreds of people everywhere. This facility was basically abandoned at that point. There were lots of Russian tanks that had been abandoned on the road around it. But it looked like it had been well guarded right up until the point that the Army got in there. But I don’t know what happened between the point that the Iraqi Army left that facility and then the US Army came in there. There would have been a gap and who knows what would have gone on in there. But when I was there we didn’t see any looting, and that’s not to say there couldn’t have been looting after we left either.

HUME: Right. Well, after you left, describe if you can, I mean obviously we’re talking about a fairly large amount of explosives. The IAEA says it was 380 tons; that would be, we estimate, about 38 truckloads. That’s quite a lot. Was the situation you witnessed around the facility such that it would have been easy for someone to spirit 38 tons of explosives or 38 tons of anything else out there undetected by US forces in the area?

LEWIS: I think it would have been pretty tough. I mean, the roads for the most part were closed down. Not many people were driving those roads because there was still some shooting going on and people were worried about getting caught in the crossfire. It would have been hard to move trucks in there right under the Army’s nose. But at the same time certainly there were vehicles moving on the roads as we got closer to Baghdad. But at that moment I certainly didn’t see any lines of trucks heading for that facility. And remember who would have been ordering those trucks down there. For all intents and purposes, the regime had fled.

HUME: So, it would have taken an operation of some size if the stuff was still there to get it out of there, and you didn’t see at least any indications at the time you were there that such a thing could easily have been done.

LEWIS: We didn’t see any sign of that when we were there, no.

HUME: All right, Dana Lewis, glad to have you. Thanks very much for staying up late in Moscow to be with me. Thank you very much.

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