On October 25, 2004, “CBS and The New York Times reported that the Iraqi government had warned the United States and international nuclear inspectors that nearly 380 tons of powerful conventional explosives were missing from one of Iraq’s most sensitive former military installations, a complex called Al Qaqaa. The explosives, which could produce bombs strong enough to shatter airplanes or tear apart buildings, had vanished sometime after the American-led invasion in 2003.”
– Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, Page 245