Why has MSM not picked up this debunkment of lies re: missing explosives?

[jefferson_dem]

Talking about this story, in particular (linked to via http://talkingpointsmemo.com/) -

Iraq says 'impossible' explosives taken before regime fall
AFP: 10/27/2004

BAGHDAD, Oct 27 (AFP) - A top Iraqi science official said Wednesday it was impossible that 350 tonnes of high explosives could have been smuggled out of a military site south of Baghdad before the regime fell last year.

He warned that explosives from nearby sites could have also been looted.

The UN nuclear watchdog this week said the explosives went missing from a weapons dump some time after Saddam Hussein's regime was toppled in April 2003 by the US-led invasion .

But as the issue took centre stage in the final days of the US presidential campaign, some US officials have suggested the explosives had gone before the US-led forces moved on Baghdad.

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http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=31993


AFP story but not picked up anywhere other than Tukish Pess as of yet.

http://news.google.com/news?q='impossible'+explosives+taken+before+regime+fall&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=nn&oi=newsr