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Undertoad · 07-12-2005, 04:00 PM

To fully understand it, you practically have to read the Senate Intelligence Report on the US Intelligence Community's Pre-War Intelligence on Iraq, page 46.

Wilson's report included the fact that "Nigerien officials admitted that the Iraqi delegation had travelled there in 1999, and that the Nigerien Prime Minister believed the Iraqis were interested in purchasing uranium."

That section of the report was used to back up the notion "that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." -- the infamous "16 words" in the SotU speech.

Wilson also reported he hadn't found that they actually bought it -- as far as he could tell. They were seeking to buy. At least one vendor met with the Iraqis but refused to sell them anything since Iraq was under sanctions.

07-12-2005, 04:00 PM	#27
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	To fully understand it, you practically have to read the Senate Intelligence Report on the US Intelligence Community's Pre-War Intelligence on Iraq, page 46. Wilson's report included the fact that "Nigerien officials admitted that the Iraqi delegation had travelled there in 1999, and that the Nigerien Prime Minister believed the Iraqis were interested in purchasing uranium." That section of the report was used to back up the notion "that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." -- the infamous "16 words" in the SotU speech. Wilson also reported he hadn't found that they actually bought it -- as far as he could tell. They were seeking to buy. At least one vendor met with the Iraqis but refused to sell them anything since Iraq was under sanctions.