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Thread #74727   Message #1307092
Posted By: Ebbie
25-Oct-04 - 08:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: October Surprise Week
Subject: RE: BS: October Surprise Week
Here are a couple of American sites, among more than 10 pages on the subject:

By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer

VIENNA, Austria - The U.N. nuclear agency warned Monday that insurgents in Iraq (news - web sites) may have obtained nearly 400 tons of missing explosives that can be used in the kind of car bomb attacks that have targeted U.S.-led coalition forces for months.

The disappearance raised questions about why the United States didn't do more to secure the Al-Qaqaa facility 30 miles south of Baghdad and failed to allow full international inspections to resume after the March 2003 invasion.

The White House played down the significance of the missing weapons, but Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry (news - web sites) accused President Bush (news - web sites) of "incredible incompetence" and his campaign said the administration "must answer for what may be the most grave and catastrophic mistake in a tragic series of blunders in Iraq."

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PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) - Former president Bill Clinton (news - web sites) brought his political star power to shine on his Democratic party's candidate John Kerry (news - web sites), as President George W. Bush (news - web sites) was forced on the defensive over the disappearance of powerful explosives in Iraq (news - web sites).

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