Apparently we never secured the Iraqi army munitions - and now there are large bombs scattered around. Lovely.

While U.S. forces hunted for weapons of mass destruction, Iraqis say, criminals made off with bombs, explosives and sophisticated weapons like rocket-propelled grenade launchers.

"Anyone with any military experience could have taken these munitions and made them into bombs," Nour said. "Leaving them there was a major mistake by the American Army."

U.S. Army Col. Guy Shields said that American soldiers had been continually disposing of old Iraqi munitions but that the task sometimes seemed never- ending.

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