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New Evidence Emerges That Explosives Went Missing in Iraq

HeadlineOct 29, 2004

A local TV station in Minnesota has aired video from Iraq that raises new questions about how much effort U.S. troops made to secure deadly explosives after the U.S. invasion. On Monday, the New York Times revealed that 377 tons of highly explosive materials went missing from the Al Qaqaa military base. The Bush administration has attempted to downplay the story claiming that the explosives were likely already gone when the U.S. troops arrived. But now the ABC affiliate in Minnesota has broadcast footage from its embedded reporter who traveled to Al Qaqaa with the U.S. troops. The video shows GIs breaking the locks on storage bunkers to reveal barrels and barrels labeled “explosive.” Meanwhile a military officer admitted to Knight Ridder that the U.S. didn’t have the resources to secure the sites. The officer said, “We weren’t able to respond because we didn’t have anyone to send.”

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