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October 24, 2004

But we did manage to guard the Ministry of Oil

When the US invaded Iraq and went into Baghdad, there were widespread reports of looting, pillaging and plundering of all sorts.

Apparently lost in this ransacking of Iraq is some 350 tons of high explosives (RDX and HMX),
which were under IAEA seal while Saddam was in power.They were looted during the early days of the US occupation. Like much of Iraq, it was left unguarded.

The one place that the US managed to guard was Iraq's Ministry of Oil. That went untouched by looters.

So due to Bush Administration incompetence, we have 350 tons of some of the most powerful military explosive available...unaccounted for. But the paperwork at the Ministry of Oil in Iraq is all there. Nobody managed to loot it.

Feeling safer now?

Posted by Carla at October 24, 2004 07:07 PM