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To: Win Smith who wrote (153355)	12/4/2004 11:34:32 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

The Iraq looting wasn't exactly a new story, but it's pretty relevant No, it wasn't a new story, and it wasn't particularly relevant, as Iraq awash in a sea of armaments (estimates are that Saddam stockpiled a million tons) so alleged pilfering of 0.03% of the total shouldn't have been a front-page story in the first place. But thanks to the timely leak from Mr. Al Baradei to the New York Times in the week before the election, it got puffed up into this humongous story which was pounded on by the Kerry campaign, but which then dropped into the memory hole in the week after the election. Now I realize that the subversive act of noticing how this story was played qualifies me for another round of "warblogger" sneering from you, but frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.