http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1175837
1998; IAEA left Iraq.
2002; IAEA returns, does inventory at Al QaQaa, finds 377 tonnes on hand, and 35 tonnes of explosive missing since the 1998 inventory.
Iraq says they used it in construction. IAEA says it will be difficult to prove that's what Iraq used it for.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6323933
March 9, 2003; IAEA does final inventory; 377 tonnes on hand.
http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/thisweek/2003_3_10...
March 18, 2003; IAEA kicked out of Iraq by bush
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/17/iraq/main5442...
March 19, 2003; invasion starts
http://web.naplesnews.com/03/03/naples/d925688a.htm
April 3-4, 2003; 3rd ID arrives at Al QaQaa, finds "thousands of boxes" of "white powder"; powder is tested and found to be the explosives. No full count is made at site; site is huge, over 100 buildings and 3rd ID was there only for 2 days. Report notes UN seals still intact.
April 5, 2003; Report of explosives find is widely covered in world media.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/RAN305A.html
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:4HlpKh0avh8J:www.s...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2917531.st...
April 10, 2003; Second military group, 101st Airborne, arrives in Al QaQaa. No attempt to search or count anything was made; this was a "pitstop" on way to Baghdad.
-Per NBC TV report with embedded reporter (no transcript avail yet)
And now all 377 tonnes are gone. Somewhere. At sometime after April 4, 2003. AFTER BUSH INVADED IRAQ.
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