Game, Set, Match

Kerry is getting it coming and going with this new ABC story: Discrepancy Found in Explosives Amounts

Oct. 27, 2004 — Iraqi officials may be overstating the amount of explosives reported to have disappeared from a weapons depot, documents obtained by ABC News show.

But the confidential IAEA documents obtained by ABC News show that on Jan. 14, 2003, the agency's inspectors recorded that just over 3 tons of RDX was stored at the facility — a considerable discrepancy from what the Iraqis reported.

And it gets better and better - but not for Kerry:

The IAEA documents could mean that 138 tons of explosives were removed from the facility long before the start of the United States launched "Operation Iraqi Freedom" in March 2003.

Like the Energizer Bunny (can you say Edwards!) it keeps on going:

Another Concern

The IAEA documents from January 2003 found no discrepancy in the amount of the more dangerous HMX explosives thought to be stored at Al-Qaqaa, but they do raise another disturbing possibility.

The documents show IAEA inspectors looked at nine bunkers containing more than 194 tons of HMX at the facility. Although these bunkers were still under IAEA seal, the inspectors said the seals may be potentially ineffective because they had ventilation slats on the sides. These slats could be easily removed to remove the materials inside the bunkers without breaking the seals, the inspectors noted.

So, the inspections themselves document almost all was removed before the war. Likely the remaining was, too. And because of the "ineffective seals," there is absolutely no way anyone can say there was ANYTHING there at the start of the war. And this is ABC reporting, not Fox or the Washington Times.

Game, set, match!

Comments

[Daisy]

Dan,

I don't know if you saw Dick Morris last night on Fox News, but he said this whole fiasco ... just the talking about this all week ... dooms Kerry to defeat. I was pretty pumped after I saw it. Morris slapped Colmes around like ... well, you get the picture.

I am trying to pull up Morris's column today ... but can't get it yet. The Bush people are handling this thing great, I think. They are going to drag it out all week and then torture Kerry with it as the election draweth nigh. If we really get a break, ABC will air its terror video on Friday or so ...

If this election is about security and Iraq, I think the President is going to win by 4-5 points.

[Jerry McClellan]

What about the just released info concerning Kerry's Vietnam anti-war activities? Has any major news source reported on this? I blogged briefly on it and linked to it. Disturbing stuff to say the least.