SYRIA...WEARING ITS "KICK-ME" SIGN LIKE A BEACON

''We are not talking about a large stockpile of weapons,'' he said. ''But we know from some of the interrogations of former Iraqi officials that a lot of material went to Syria before the war, including some components of Saddam's WMD program. Precisely what went to Syria, and what has happened to it, is a major issue that needs to be resolved.''