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5 myths about the Bomb and us

Slovak and Hungarian police, after a months-long operation, have arrested three people for trying to sell half a kilogram of enriched uranium — enough to make a "dirty bomb". A false alarm? Why news of loose nukes isn't as scary as it seems. 5 myths about the Bomb and us: The Bush Administration says not to worry about our nukes — should we believe it? Pakistan's Dr. Doom: Thanks to the rogue scientist A.Q. Khan, Iran's nuclear program threatens to ignite another Middle East war. Bombs away? Arms expert Scott Ritter says the U.S. plans to attack Iran. Bush isn't the only decider: He shouldn't be allowed to lock in an Iraq treaty without Congress' approval. An interview with Bob Drogin, author of Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War. From Dissent, a look at how the photographs that best capture the Iraq war are the pictures of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Why are Iraq War movies box-office flops? It's not that the subject matter isn't compelling, it's that very few of this year's slew of political films actually stand up as triumphs of cinematic art and storytelling. The anti-Vietnam protest generation seem like heroes now: Bob Dylan and Jane Fonda as counter-culture survivors. Tom Hayden on how the peace movement can win: A field guide.