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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4><FONT
size=3>===============================<BR>THE DAILY MIS-LEAD<BR>< </FONT><A
href="http://www.Misleader.org"><FONT size=3>www.Misleader.org</FONT></A><FONT
size=3> ><BR>===============================<BR><BR>ADMINISTRATION MISLEADS
ON MISSING EXPLOSIVES<BR><BR>The Bush administration is pushing the theory that
the 380 tons of explosives were missing from the Al Qaqaa storage facility
before the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. Administration spokesman Dan Senor said
on CNN that "there's a very high probability that those weapons weren't even
there before the war."[1]<BR><BR>For days, this theory has been in direct
conflict with a Pentagon official, who told the Associate Press on Monday,
"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."[2]<BR><BR>Now, video shot in Iraq by a
Minneapolis news team provides further proof that the administration's theory is
bogus. After the invasion - on April 18, 2003 - the Minneapolis ABC news crew
was stationed just south of the Al Qaqaa facility.[]3 That day, they drove 2 to
3 miles north with the 101st Airborne Division. There, "members of the 101st
Airborne Division showed the 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS news crew bunker after bunker of
material labeled 'explosives.'"[4] Some of the boxes were marked "Al Qaqaa."[5]
One soldier told the crew: "we can stick [detonation cords] in those and make
some good bombs."[6] Watch the video:<BR></FONT><A
href="http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65509"><FONT
size=3>http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65509</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>.<BR><BR>Sources:<BR><BR>1. "Paula Zahn Now," CNN, 10/26/04,<BR></FONT><A
href="http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65510"><FONT
size=3>http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65510</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>.<BR>2. "380 tons of explosives missing in Iraq," Associated Press,
10/25/04, </FONT><A
href="http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65511"><FONT
size=3>http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65511</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>.<BR>3. "5 EYEWITNESS NEWS video may be linked to missing explosives in
Iraq," KSTP.com, 10/28/04, </FONT><A
href="http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65512"><FONT
size=3>http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65512</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>.<BR>4. Ibid, </FONT><A
href="http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65512"><FONT
size=3>http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65512</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>.<BR>5. Ibid, </FONT><A
href="http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65512"><FONT
size=3>http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65512</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>.<BR>6. Ibid, </FONT><A
href="http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65512"><FONT
size=3>http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2415934&l=65512</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>. </FONT><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>