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too bad the source for Dayle's story didn't get the facts correct.
The Iraq interim Government (put in power by the US) reported to the United Nations that the weapons had gone missing. The official DoD records show the 3rd Army Division was at the facility on 3 April but did not check for HE explosives, only being told to search for chemical weapons. A later search by the 101st showed no weapons were there anymore. It remains to be seem if there were any there the first time the US visited.
The bottom line is this story was a repeat by the media of a claim made by an Iraqi Government installed by the US. One could claim it has little or nothing to do with Presidential powers which would take the wind from Kerry's sails, but to claim it's a liberal conspiracy is just as far from the mark.
As the election looms, the lies & distortions from both sides climb, I feel sorry for us all - "truth" now takes a lot of research.
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