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Undertoad · 10-28-2004, 03:03 PM

According to this story

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...0037982.htm?1c

Lessee if I can re-write this story properly. Fuckin' AP writers...

-- In July 2002, the Iraqis told the IAEA they had 141 tons of RDX at Al-Qaqaa.

-- In January 2003, the IAEA visited al-Qaqaa and found only 3 tons.

-- The Iraqis told the IAEA they had used 10 tons of it for legitimate purposes, and moved the rest to al-Mahaweel.

-- So, the IAEA went to al-Mahaweel. They found the RDX. They weighed a few boxes and extrapolated that if the other boxes weighed similarly, there were about 125 tons there. Then they left it without sealing it. They intended to come back later and look at the boxes and extrapolate again, but it was not at the top of their list because the Iraqis had legitimate uses, such as mining and wiring bridges and oil fields for detonation.

They were not really concerned about the RDX, which was not controlled, but more about the HMX. Both RDX and HMX are components of plastic explosives. HMX however is also a nuclear bomb accelerant. So they were more concerned with the HMX.

Of the HMX there were not 377 tons, but 214 tons? The 377 number, then, is bogus, because it includes the RDX, which was apparently moved???

The HMX was "sealed" in January 2003 by IAEA, using Kryptonite bike locks. In March 2003 they visited the locks and found they were not opened with any Bic pen barrels, so they didn't check the actual stock.

Lastly, none of this really makes any sense compared to the other news items that have come across. Can anyone make any sense of it at all?

10-28-2004, 03:03 PM	#26
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	According to this story http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...0037982.htm?1c Lessee if I can re-write this story properly. Fuckin' AP writers... -- In July 2002, the Iraqis told the IAEA they had 141 tons of RDX at Al-Qaqaa. -- In January 2003, the IAEA visited al-Qaqaa and found only 3 tons. -- The Iraqis told the IAEA they had used 10 tons of it for legitimate purposes, and moved the rest to al-Mahaweel. -- So, the IAEA went to al-Mahaweel. They found the RDX. They weighed a few boxes and extrapolated that if the other boxes weighed similarly, there were about 125 tons there. Then they left it without sealing it. They intended to come back later and look at the boxes and extrapolate again, but it was not at the top of their list because the Iraqis had legitimate uses, such as mining and wiring bridges and oil fields for detonation. They were not really concerned about the RDX, which was not controlled, but more about the HMX. Both RDX and HMX are components of plastic explosives. HMX however is also a nuclear bomb accelerant. So they were more concerned with the HMX. Of the HMX there were not 377 tons, but 214 tons? The 377 number, then, is bogus, because it includes the RDX, which was apparently moved??? The HMX was "sealed" in January 2003 by IAEA, using Kryptonite bike locks. In March 2003 they visited the locks and found they were not opened with any Bic pen barrels, so they didn't check the actual stock. Lastly, none of this really makes any sense compared to the other news items that have come across. Can anyone make any sense of it at all?