Now here's an October Surprise of a different sort - Explosives looted from Iraqi base (that's a link to the Conservative Daily Telegraph, for Doug's sake).

All about the 350 tons or so explosive which was removed from an Iraqi military base after the after the invasion. "Iraq officials said the material was stolen because of inadequate security at government installations after the end of the war.

While Google's news facility indicates there is pretty heavy coverage of this outside the USA, it looks a but thin in the American press - though maybe this reflects the fact that America is always a bit behind the times, because of the direction Earth turns.