Minneapolis Tape

Captain Ed has a superb critique of the much-vaunted video tape run by his local ABC affiliate. As he says, this tape is being used by the NYT to claim that its earlier charges of incompetence against American soldiers and, by extension, President Bush are on target.

Meanwhile, Bill Gertz is standing by his story that the weapons were removed earlier than later.

"U.S. intelligence agencies have obtained satellite photographs of truck convoys that were at several weapons sites in Iraq in the weeks before U.S. military operations were launched, defense officials said yesterday.

"The photographs indicate that Iraq was moving arms and equipment from its known weapons sites, said officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

"According to one official, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, known as NGA, 'documented the movement of long convoys of trucks from various areas around Baghdad to the Syrian border.'"

The Russians are denying any involvement in this weapons transfer, and it seems that, for now, that part of the story is up in the air.

Hindrocket at Power Line has insider information on the quantity of explosives moved.