Reply #81: If you want proof, here it is!

[ParanoidPat]

The http://www.iaea.org">IAEA derives its authority to monitor certain materials under an International agreement signed by Iraq formally known as the IAEA ongoing monitoring and verification plan (S/2001/561) as stated in the letter that started this whole thing.

Here's a link to the original letter. Http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/IaeaIraq/IraqUNSC25102004.pdf

Here's what it says,

Letter dated 25 October 2004 from the Secretary-General
addressed to the President of the Security Council

I have the honour to convey the attached communication, dated 25 October
2004, from the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(see annex).

I should be grateful if you would bring the present letter and its annex to the
attention of the members of the Security Council.

(Signed) Kofi A. Annan

Annex

Letter dated 25 October 2004 from the Director General
of the International Atomic Energy Agency addressed to
the President of the Security Council

I refer to the letter I addressed to you on 1 October 2004 (S/2004/786),
constituting the semi-annual report requested by the Security Council in resolution
1051 (1996). In that letter, States were reminded of their obligation to inform the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about items listed in annex 3 to the
IAEA ongoing monitoring and verification plan (S/2001/561).
Consequent to that reminder, IAEA received the attached letter dated
10 October 2004 from the General Director of the Planning and Following Up
Directorate of the Iraqi Ministry of Science and Technology. In that letter, the Iraqi
authorities informed IAEA of the loss after 9 April 2003, through the theft and
looting of the governmental installations due to lack of security, of high
explosives, relevant to annex 3, that had been subject to IAEA monitoring. The
explosives in question are given as: HMX (195 tons), which had been under IAEA
seal, and RDX (141 tons) and PETN (6 tons), both subject to regular monitoring of
stock levels. The presence of these amounts was verified by IAEA in January 2003.
Following a preliminary verification of the letter’s authenticity through the
Iraqi Permanent Mission in Vienna, IAEA on 15 October 2004 informed the
Multinational Force (MNF), as the body entrusted by the Security Council in
resolution 1546 (2004) with the authority to take all necessary measures to
contribute to the maintenance of security and stability in Iraq, about this matter.
This was with a view to providing MNF and the Iraqi Interim Government with an
opportunity to attempt to recover the explosives before this matter was put into the
public domain. However, as you are aware, the matter has been given media
coverage today.
I should therefore be grateful if you would arrange for this letter to be
distributed as a document of the Security Council.
(Signed) Mohamed ElBaradei


Enclosure

Letter dated 10 October 2004 from the General Director of the
Planning and Following Up Directorate of the Ministry of
Science and Technology of Iraq addressed to the
International Atomic Energy Agency

We would like to inform you that the following materials which have been
included in annex 3 (item 74) registered under IAEA custody were lost after 9 April
2003, through the theft and looting of the governmental installations due to lack of
security. Therefore we feel an urgent updating of the registered materials is
required.


Site__________________Equipment/material____Quantity (tons)____________Remarks

1 Al-qaqaa Company___________HMX_______________194.741_______ High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.

2 Al-qaqaa Company__________ RDX_______________141.233________High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.

3 Al-qaqaa Company___________PETN_________________5.8_________High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.

Please accept our high respect and consideration.

(Signed) Mohammed J. Abbas
General Director of the Planning and Following Up Directorate


S/2001/561

Annex 3

Annex 3 of the IAEA's Ongoing Monitoring and Verification (OMV) Plan sets out a list of nuclear and nuclear-related items which are either prohibited to Iraq or are subject to certain controls (including reporting to the IAEA by Iraq and reporting by any State exporting such items to Iraq).

Annex 3 lists nuclear material, equipment and technology and nuclear-related materials, equipment, software and related technology, which are subject to the OMV Plan as well to the Export/Import Mechanism developed at the Security Council's request. The Annex is designed to assist all organizations, agencies and personnel responsible for ensuring compliance with the OMV and/or the Export/Import Mechanism. These include exporters, customs and other officials in exporting States and in Iraq, personnel in the Joint Unit responsible for the Export/Import Mechanism, and staff of the IAEA and United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) at Headquarters and in the field.

In addition to certain nuclear materials, the items listed in Annex 3 include those considered to be "especially designed or prepared for the processing, use or production of special fissionable material" (i.e., items for use exclusively in nuclear activities, whether military or civilian). Such items are, for ease of reference, termed, "single-use". Furthermore, Annex 3 lists items considered to be "dual-use" items (i.e., items that may have non-nuclear applications as well as nuclear applications).

List of banned explosives under Annex 3 (Sorry for the Spanish version, the English one has disappeared from the IAEA site!)

76. Explosivos detonantes
Sustancias o mezclas explosivas de gran potencia, que contengan cualquiera de los
elementos siguientes:
76.1 Ciclotetrametilentetranitroamina (HMX);
76.2 Ciclotrimetilentrinitroamina (RDX);
76.3 Triaminotrinitrobenceno (TATB);
76.4 Hexanitroestilbeno (HNS), excepto si está contenido en productos farmacéuticos;
76.5 Cualquier explosivo con densidad cristalina superior a 1,8 g/cm3 y que tenga una
velocidad de detonación superior a 8.000 m/s;
76.6 Tetranitrato de pentaeritrita (PETN); excepto si está contenido en productos
farmacéuticos.

The reporter has stated that 'a simple snip of the bolt cutters was all that was required to gain entry to the materials.' or words to that effect. I dont have the exact quote in front of me.

As you can see, there are six catagories of explosives defined as "dual use" that the IAEA can legally place under seal, HMX, RDX, TATB, HNS, PETN and anything that has crystaline density greater than 1.8 grams per centimeter squared and a detonation velocity greater than 8 meters per second. In the letter, the IAEA states that only three of the above were there, HMX, RDX and PETN. Unless everything that was videotaped within the sealed bunkers was PETN, the only other explosives that it could have been were the missing HMX and RDX because those were the only things placed under seal.

I hope this helps. :)