Bush 'commits great blunder' over missing explosives

DEMOCRATIC presidential hopeful John Kerry yesterday accused President Bush of committing "one of the greatest blunders" of his administration in failing to secure hundreds of tons of explosives that have been stolen in Iraq.

Kerry said the Republican incumbent did not deserve to be commander in chief.

Eight days before the November 2 election, a potentially damaging report in The New York Times said that almost 380 tons of explosives vanished from an Iraqi military installation amid widespread looting after the US-led invasion.