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Kerry may have been helped by misleading statements from the U.N. weapons agency. It seems the agency may have brought up the missing 380 tons conventional explosives to hurt Bush’s chances of reelection. It has also come to light that the explosives were missing before the troops arrived.

NBCNews Jim Miklaszewski quoted one official: "Recent disagreements between the administration and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency makes this announcement appear highly political." (click here to view the video)

NBCNews is also reporting that the 380 tons of powerful conventional explosives were already missing back in April 10, 2003 -- when U.S. troops arrived at the installation south of Baghdad!

The report is confirmed by an NBCNews crew embedded with troops who moved in to secure the Al-Qaqaa weapons facility on April 10, 2003, one day after the liberation of Iraq.

Sen. John Kerry blasted away at Bush for failing to secure the explosives. ''Terrorists could use this material to kill our troops, our people, blow up airplanes, and level buildings. . . . Now we know that our country and our troops are less safe because this president failed to do the basics."

Sen. John Edwards said, "It is reckless and irresponsible to fail to protect and safeguard one of the largest weapons sites in the country. And by either ignoring these mistakes or being clueless about them, George Bush has failed. He has failed as our commander in chief; he has failed as president."

A senior Bush official responded in a Drudge report "Let me get this straight, are Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards now saying we did not go into Iraq soon enough? We should have invaded and liberated Iraq sooner?"

Ken Mehlman, President Bush’s campaign manager, offered a more blistering e-mail to Bush supporters. Here is an exerpt:

The entire country of Iraq was a weapons stockpile. So far, 243,000 tons of weapons and explosives have been secured and destroyed. In addition, 163,000 tons of weapons and explosives have been secured and are awaiting destruction. All the Monday morning-quarterbacking and armchair-generaling in the world by John Kerry won't make up for the fact that he does not have a vision, a strategy or a plan to fight and win the War on Terror.

Saddam Hussein's government stored weapons in mosques, schools, hospitals and countless other locations throughout Iraq. Yet, John Kerry showed today that he still cannot decide whether Saddam Hussein was a threat or not. He claims the weapons our troops have secured and destroyed were not a threat, but any other weapons were.

It has come to light that CBS had planned to run the story before the election but decided to hand the story off to the NY Times.

"60 Minutes" executive producer Jeff Fager issued a statement saying that "our plan was to run the story on [Oct.] 31, but it became clear that it wouldn't hold, so the decision was made for the Times to run it."

CBS has a record of trying to sabotage Republican candidates for office at the last minute. In 1992 against former President George H. W. Bush, CBS brought Iran Contra charges just days before the election. In 2000, it was the DUI charges a few days before the election against the current President.

The NY Times and most old media are running with the story the way the NY Times printed it  -- as if it were true. NBC News is even saying that the story is somewhat true even though the only way that American troops could have stopped the transfer or looting of the explosive would have been to act sooner in invading Iraq.

The name being given for this phony story by old media just before the election is NYTrogate, which of course is a take off on the NY Times.

The Kerry campaign is planning a new ad about the missing explosives:

JOHN KERRY: "The obligation of a Commander in Chief is to keep our country safe. In Iraq, George Bush has overextended our troops..."

JOHN KERRY: "...and now failed to secure 380 tons of deadly explosives."

JOHN KERRY: "The kind used for attacks in Iraq, and for terrorist bombings."

JOHN KERRY: "His Iraq misjudgments put our soldiers at risk, and make our country less secure. And all he offers is more of the same. As President, I'll bring a fresh start to protect our troops and our nation. I'm John Kerry and I approved this message.