Catz,
Did you happen to watch Lou Dobbs on CNN last night? He had a UN weapons inspector, an ex-weapons inspector from the CIA who was in charge of Iraq from 1991 on.
Basically, to summarize, the point that they were making is that these 380 Tonnes of materials were from 1991 and were secured by the IAEA. So these were not WMD as per Bush's own definition, as the UN and the CIA knew about the Al QA Qaa facility from the first Gulf war and it was presumed it was secured. Because some of the materials were also used in construction, they were allowed to keep some of the materials but only as per approval of the UN. So up until the war in Iraq, everyone knew about these materials, and every last bit was accounted for.
Then On April 3rd, as you mentioned, the 3rd infiltry division went into Al Qa Qaa after the IAEA were told to leave, and saw the materials. By the time the 101st infilitry came the materials were gone.
Yes, there are some grave concerns as to why these materials were never destroyed, that's a history lesson that needs to be seriously investigated. But the bottom line is how is it that no one knows what happened to these dangerous materials? The Al Qa Qaa facility was placed on a level 2 priority (less than the oil fields) at a time when the administration was focused on securing WMDs or weapons of any kind. Why weren't they secured and how is it possible that No one knows what happened or who has the materials? Even both weapons inspectors were commenting on the serious negligence on securing the materials
I hope you saw it because it was very enlightenning, and demonstrated the incompetence of the Bush administration - which by this point, could have its own cable channel by now
