KERRY REACHES CONCLUSIONS BEFORE HAVING THE FACTS

Follow the sequence of events related to the recent controversy of the “missing” explosives at Al Qaqaa……….

10/25 - The New York Times breaks the story Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq.

Kerry blames President Bush for not securing the Al Qaqaa weapons facility.

The Times story is repeated throughout the day by ABC, CBS, MSNBC, and CNN.

Kerry continues to blame President Bush for not securing the Al Qaqaa weapons facility.

NBC Nightly News reports that the explosives are missing before the U.S. troops arrived in Baghdad.

Kerry continues to blame President Bush for not securing the Al Qaqaa weapons facility.

10/27 - Fox News Channels’ Bret Baier reports, “Senior Pentagon officials say they are analyzing satellite images from the Al Qaqaa facility south of Baghdad from before the war. Apparently, they show some large truck activity at that facility [indicating] possibly that Saddam Hussein was moving the explosives out.”

Kerry continues to blame President Bush for not securing the Al Qaqaa weapons facility.

The Washington Times reports, “Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein’s weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation.” John Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security stated, “The Russians brought in, just before the war got started, a whole series of military units. Their main job was to shred all evidence of the contractual arrangements they had with the Iraqis. The others were transportation units.”

Shaw says Al Qaqaa was a closely guarded site: “That was such a pivotal location, Number 1, that the mere fact of [special explosives] disappearing was impossible. And Number 2, if the stuff disappeared, it had to be gone before we got there.”

In an interview with the London Financial Times, Shaw says, “For nearly nine months my office has been aware of an elaborate scheme set up by Saddam Hussein to finance and disguise his weapons purchases through his international suppliers, principally the French and the Russians. That network included …..employing various Russian units on the eve of the hostilities to orchestrate the collection of munitions and assure their transport out of Iraq via Syria.

Kerry continues to blame President Bush for not securing the Al Qaqaa weapons facility.

ABC News reports that confidential International Atomic Energy Agency documents show that on January 14, 2003, the inspectors reported just over three tons of RDX was stored at the Al Qaqaa facility.

Does this mean the explosives were moved prior to the start of the U.S. operations in Iraq?

Kerry continues to blame President Bush for not securing the Al Qaqaa weapons facility.

10/28 – ABC affiliate KSTP of St. Paul, Minnesota, had a crew imbedded with the 101st Airborne Division at Al Qaqaa on April 18, 2003. After reviewing the crew’s film, David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, said, “The fact that there’s a photo of what looks like an IAEA seal means what’s behind those doors is HMX.” No mention is made in the article about the amounts of material that may have been there.

According to the article, the 101st was not ordered to secure the facility.

President Bush, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, and General Tommy Franks, who served as Commander-in-Chief of the United States Central Command and led the operations in Iraq, say they have not reached a final conclusion on this issue and will not until all information is in.

Kerry continues to blame President Bush for not securing the Al Qaqaa weapons facility.

10/29 – U.S. Army officer Major Austin Pearson, testifies at a Pentagon briefing saying that a team from the 3rd Infantry Division removed about 250 tons of munitions and military material from the Al Qaqaa after the liberation of Iraq.

The Pentagon spokesman says that while they don’t have all the answers, Major Pearson’s testimony is a significant development.

Over the past several days, Kerry has belittled our Commander in Chief, our military leaders, and our troops on the ground by declaring incompetence. All without any facts.

Perhaps he will challenge the words of Major Pearson?

Is this behavior acceptable for someone seeking the highest office in this country? As president, will he rely on information printed in the New York Times to make decisions that involve the security of this country?

This is another example of John Kerry saying or doing anything to become president. The facts don’t stand in his way. Could this be the reason the hometown paper of Teddy Kennedy, the Cape Cod Times, has endorsed President Bush?