I Guess This Means I’ve Arrived?

Posted on November 5, 2003 by Michael Froomkin

Since the blog seems to be under attack by a comment spammer (of the idiot-political rather than commercial variety), I will be installing anti-spam patches. I apologize in advance for any temporary instability this causes.

Meanwhile, here's version 1.01of my comments policy:

  1. Participants in the comments are kindly requested to be civil, and at least vaguely on-topic.
  2. I will delete (or disemvowel) comments that are duplicative, commercial, needlessly foul or mean or otherwise inappropriately offensive.
  3. My decisions are final. I'm happy to discuss them by email.
  4. I'll amend this policy as I gain experience.
  5. In the long run, it remains to be seen if comments is a workable commons or not.

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2 Responses to I Guess This Means I’ve Arrived?

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  2. Neil Waelder says:
    October 26, 2004 at 5:32 pm

    Regarding the missing explosives, disclosed by the Iraqi government to the IAEA, I noticed the Bush administration has been quoting that the 300-400 Tons missing is a fraction of the
    243,000 tons of munitions destroyed. (A tank weighs 25 ton, a dump truck 5 tons)

    The White House rationalization:

    MR. ERELI: 10/25/2004
    “…something that is included in the Duelfer report, as of mid-September 2004, coalition forces had reviewed and cleared a total of 10,033 caches, weapons caches throughout Iraq, destroying a total of 243,000 tons of munitions..”
    Ref: US State Department – http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2004/37401.htm

    Mr. McClellan – 10/25/2004
    “…according to the Duelfer report, as of mid-September, more than 243,000 tons of munitions have been destroyed since Operation Iraqi Freedom. Coalition forces have cleared and reviewed a total of 10,033 caches of munitions; another nearly 163,000 tons of munitions have been secured and are on line to be destroyed. That puts this all — that puts this all in context.”
    Ref: White House Press Briefing – http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/10/20041025-1.html

    However, the National Security Web site – 4/19/2004 ( indicated by the meta content):
    ” 3. More than 8,200 tons of ammunition, thousands of AK-47s, grenades, and other weapons have been seized throughout Iraq — much of which was stored by the Hussein regime in hospitals, schools, and mosques.”

    Ref: NSC – http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/part2.html

    What is it, 8,200 tons or 163,000 tons?

    Neil Waelder
    Syracuse, NY

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