Tuesday, April 27, 2004

This makes me crazy:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Officials are investigating whether a U.S. survey team looking for weapons of mass destruction was lured into a trap when a building they were searching exploded, killing two members, a defense official said Tuesday.

The Iraq Survey Group team, which reports to the CIA, was searching the building Monday after a tip that the site may have been producing chemical weapons, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

There was no word whether any chemical weapons were found at the site....

Investigators were trying to determine whether the team was given a false tip intended to lure them into a trap, the official said....


--AP

All because we're still looking for WMDs that just aren't in the frigging country. It's like a Saturday-morning cartoon, but with horrible results: Someone says, "Look! Weapons of mass destruction!" and our guys go running off like dumb dogs chasing after something that isn't even there. Then this happens:

The explosion leveled the building, killing two servicemembers and wounding five, all members of the combined military-intelligence team....

A U.S. soldier was seen being taken away on a stretcher, her chest and face severely burned. Several Iraqis were pulled out of the wreckage....

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