Cause for Suspicion?
Eric Alterman: Altercation discusses the US failure to secure nuclear waste depositories in Iraq.
" How is an Iraqi radioactive waste repository like a museum of ancient Iraqi relics?

Answer: The U.S. invasion force can�t be bothered to look into protecting either one. Remember Iraq�s nukes and WMDs? Well, apparently it was all a big joke; something for suckers to get worked up about while Bush and company went to war for their own reasons. How else to explain that the U.S. military did not bother to inspect this Iraqi radioactive waste repository for an entire month, letting whoever wanted to have access to its potentially terroristic weapons? �Authorities could not rule out the possibility that deadly materials had been stolen� reports The Washington Post. They just didn�t think it important enough to check when it might have been possible to protect them"