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Posted: 10/29/2004 4:23:24 AM EDT
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Wow, that's an interesting theory. I guess it could be feasible, but that's along way to move that type of (and that much) ordnance without detection. |
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Posted: 10/29/2004 4:38:57 AM EDT
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Maybe a plane crashed while carrying it?
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Posted: 10/29/2004 4:57:36 AM EDT
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Why exactly would North Korea (let alone Iraq) go through all the effort of moving such a quantity of very basic explosive to North Korea?
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Posted: 10/29/2004 5:01:12 AM EDT
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I think he is referring to the train crash and resulting explosion that took place a few months ago.
Every little bit helps when you wish to destroy your southern, democratic neighbor. |
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Posted: 10/29/2004 5:08:55 AM EDT
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Stillie,
Yes, I was referring to the train crash explosion. As everyone knows, it was a tremendously large explosion. I've never heard what it was that actually exploded during the train crash, so I was just curious if anyone has thought that it could have possibly been due to the missing Iraqi explosives. |
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Posted: 10/29/2004 5:15:17 AM EDT
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i believe the official nk explanation on that was that they were blasting a mountian or something as part of a hydroelectric project.
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Posted: 10/29/2004 5:17:34 AM EDT
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Is Syria a landlocked country or do they have a shipping port? If the materials were moved from Iraq to Syria, they could have been moved onto a ship and sent to somewhere like Russia. They then couldbe unloaded and sent via train or air to North Korea. I know it seems like a stretch, but if the Russians were involved prior to us going into Iraq anything is possible. The use of these explosives would help make North Korea's nuclear weapons production easier.
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Posted: 10/29/2004 5:26:00 AM EDT
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The "missing" explosives in Iraq are nothing special. Just run of the mill military explosives. But I do wonder why Saddam needed 400 metric tons of them.
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Posted: 10/29/2004 5:35:24 AM EDT
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Just how much would 380 tons of RDX get in the black market arms trade? If you consider $100/lb, that's about $38 mil. I don't have much background with high explosives pricing, but it could be a worthwhile deal for someone. Both the seller, who probably stole it for nothing and HAS to get rid of it fast, and the buyer who would have a chance to pick-up a large quantity of high grade explosives for a dime on the dollar.
And who says that thing with the train was an accident? |
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