"...but what if the stuff was looted before we had control of the country? We're only now finding
out about it."
Maybe those retired soviet military advisors who retreated as we entered had something to do with the disappearance?
"This was a pretty long read and I'm still digesting the content."
You're still trying to digest the content...I swear I have adult ADD or something 'cause I'm still trying to get past the first paragraph. When I posted that, I had just read the headline and some part of the first paragraph. I noticed it in breaking news 2 days later and saw a lot of comments similar to yours.
I noticed another article on the Freedom Watchers site about a tree squirrel out in Colorado Springs that tested positive for the plague. I haven't seen it posted anywhere on TM but I have the link to the news story saved patiently awaiting the moment that I can actually pay attention for more than 5 mins at a time. If anyone's interested in it, I can post it or you can just pop on over to the Freedom Watchers site, I suppose.