http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1249436/posts
Duelfer: 'A lot of material left Iraq and went to Syria'
The very last sentence in the WashTimes story...
"..Officials believe the Russians also can explain what happened to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. "
Now let's really spin a crazy story...what about the Russians doing this under the guise of helping Saddam protect his stuff, but actually they do it to keep it out of the fight. In other words, they do us a favor, we look the other way about their assistance to Saddam in the last several years, and the Russians strong arm the Syrians into letting the stuff be buried in the desert.
Bush admin wants to keep this quiet, as it is a big embarrassment to both Russia and Syria, putting major pressure on both Putin and Assad, who might be playing ball with us more than we know. (Gotta read Miniter's book on the GWOT to really get a glimpse of what's going on, BTW) Regardless, the info gets out through El Baradei, and the administration just feeds Kerry some rope. Now the average Joe will think that if Russia spirited out 400 tons of boom-boom clay, they might have also spirited out the WMD. I know, it's far fetched, but it might just do the job in Swingland.