But if these vials only contain cleaning solution, that means the Iraqis still have the ... no ... NOOOOOOO!!!!

Someone start the countdown. Somewhere out there is a super-sleuthing right-wing blogger and this story has hit them in the head like a ton of bricks. And they were well aware of the feeling, because tons of bricks hit them in the head constantly, as if on a loop.

"Reuters: Chemicals found at U.N. may be harmless solvent"

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Vials of mysterious chemicals from Iraq discovered in United Nations offices last week may have been a harmless solvent rather than a toxic warfare agent, U.N. sources said on Wednesday, quoting law enforcement officials.

But the sources, who asked not be named, told Reuters the analyses were still informal and the FBI, which carted away the substances, had not completed its report.

U.N. weapons inspectors announced last Thursday they had found small amounts of phosgene, a World War I chemical warfare choking agent that attacks the lungs.

The vials were brought from Iraq to New York and stored in U.N. offices more than 10 years ago. But the inspectors had not opened the vials and were checking an inventory sheet. They called in the FBI to analyze the chemicals.

The inspectors discovered the vials when they dismantled their offices, which included 125 filing cabinets, the end of 16-year effort to destroy Iraq's weapons of destruction, many of which were rendered harmless in the 1990s.

You can just see this mystery unraveling: "Hmmmm, if those vials were full of cleaning solvent, that means the real vials of WMDs are still in Iraq ... OH MY GOD!!!! Get me the Pentagon. GET ME THE PENTAGON NOW!!!!!"

--WKW