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> Bush lied to the country in State of the Union adress
> White House: Iraq Uranium Claim Was Wrong
> President Bush Was Incorrect in Accusing Saddam of Seeking Uranium in
Africa, White House Says
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> The Associated Press
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> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030708_718.html
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> WASHINGTON July 8 -
> Amid questions about prewar intelligence, the White House is acknowledging
that President Bush was incorrect when he said in his State of the Union
address that Iraq recently had sought significant quantities of uranium in
Africa.
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> The White House acknowledgment comes as a British parliamentary commission
questions the reliability of British intelligence about Saddam Hussein's
efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the war in
Iraq.
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> Democrats in Congress also have questioned how the Bush administration
used U.S. intelligence on Iraq's weapons programs.
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> Bush said in his address to Congress in January that the British
government had learned that Saddam recently sought significant quantities of
uranium in Africa.
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> The president's statement in the State of the Union was incorrect because
it was based on forged documents from the African nation of Niger, White
House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Monday.
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> "The president's statement was based on the predicate of the yellow cake"
uranium "from Niger," Fleischer told reporters. "So given the fact that the
report on the yellow cake did not turn out to be accurate, that is
reflective of the president's broader statement."
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> A British parliamentary committee concluded that Prime Minister Tony
Blair's government mishandled intelligence material on Iraqi weapons.
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> John Stanley, a Conservative member of the committee, said so far no
evidence has been found in Iraq to substantiate four key claims, including
that Iraq was seeking uranium in Africa as part of an effort to restart a
nuclear weapons program.
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> Claims about Saddam's weapons of mass destruction were a primary
justification for the war, but U.S. forces have yet to find any such
weapons. The House and Senate intelligence panels are looking into prewar
intelligence on Iraq and how it was used by the Bush administration.
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> Fleischer's remarks follow assertions by an envoy sent by the CIA to
Africa to investigate allegations about Iraq's nuclear weapons program. The
envoy, Joseph Wilson, said Sunday the Bush administration manipulated his
findings, possibly to strengthen the rationale for war.
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> Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador to the West African nation of Gabon, was
dispatched in February 2002 to explore whether Iraq tried to buy uranium
from Niger.
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> Writing in a New York Times op-ed piece, Wilson said it did not take him
long "to conclude that it was highly doubtful that any such transaction had
ever taken place."
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> In an interview on NBC-TV's "Meet the Press," Wilson insisted his doubts
about the purported Iraq-Niger connection reached the highest levels of
government, including Vice President Dick Cheney's office.
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> In fact, he said, Cheney's office inquired about the purported Niger-Iraq
link.
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> "The question was asked of the CIA by the office of the vice president.
The office of the vice president, I am absolutely convinced, received a very
specific response to the question it asked, and that response was based upon
my trip out there," Wilson said.
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> Yet nearly a year after he had returned and briefed CIA officials, the
assertion that Saddam was trying to obtain uranium from Africa was included
in Bush's State of the Union address.
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> The International Atomic Energy Agency told the United Nations in March
that the information about uranium was based on forged documents.
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> After Bush repeated the British claim in his State of the Union address,
the purported letters between Iraq and Niger were turned over to the United
Nations, which found them to be forged.
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here?
Dumb TWITS and all their useless politics!
"Arch Stanton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Bush lied to the country in State of the Union adress
> White House: Iraq Uranium Claim Was Wrong
> President Bush Was Incorrect in Accusing Saddam of Seeking Uranium in
Africa, White House Says
>
> The Associated Press
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030708_718.html
>
> WASHINGTON July 8 -
> Amid questions about prewar intelligence, the White House is acknowledging
that President Bush was incorrect when he said in his State of the Union
address that Iraq recently had sought significant quantities of uranium in
Africa.
>
> The White House acknowledgment comes as a British parliamentary commission
questions the reliability of British intelligence about Saddam Hussein's
efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the war in
Iraq.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Democrats in Congress also have questioned how the Bush administration
used U.S. intelligence on Iraq's weapons programs.
>
> Bush said in his address to Congress in January that the British
government had learned that Saddam recently sought significant quantities of
uranium in Africa.
>
> The president's statement in the State of the Union was incorrect because
it was based on forged documents from the African nation of Niger, White
House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Monday.
>
> "The president's statement was based on the predicate of the yellow cake"
uranium "from Niger," Fleischer told reporters. "So given the fact that the
report on the yellow cake did not turn out to be accurate, that is
reflective of the president's broader statement."
>
> A British parliamentary committee concluded that Prime Minister Tony
Blair's government mishandled intelligence material on Iraqi weapons.
>
> John Stanley, a Conservative member of the committee, said so far no
evidence has been found in Iraq to substantiate four key claims, including
that Iraq was seeking uranium in Africa as part of an effort to restart a
nuclear weapons program.
>
> Claims about Saddam's weapons of mass destruction were a primary
justification for the war, but U.S. forces have yet to find any such
weapons. The House and Senate intelligence panels are looking into prewar
intelligence on Iraq and how it was used by the Bush administration.
>
> Fleischer's remarks follow assertions by an envoy sent by the CIA to
Africa to investigate allegations about Iraq's nuclear weapons program. The
envoy, Joseph Wilson, said Sunday the Bush administration manipulated his
findings, possibly to strengthen the rationale for war.
>
> Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador to the West African nation of Gabon, was
dispatched in February 2002 to explore whether Iraq tried to buy uranium
from Niger.
>
> Writing in a New York Times op-ed piece, Wilson said it did not take him
long "to conclude that it was highly doubtful that any such transaction had
ever taken place."
>
> In an interview on NBC-TV's "Meet the Press," Wilson insisted his doubts
about the purported Iraq-Niger connection reached the highest levels of
government, including Vice President Dick Cheney's office.
>
> In fact, he said, Cheney's office inquired about the purported Niger-Iraq
link.
>
> "The question was asked of the CIA by the office of the vice president.
The office of the vice president, I am absolutely convinced, received a very
specific response to the question it asked, and that response was based upon
my trip out there," Wilson said.
>
> Yet nearly a year after he had returned and briefed CIA officials, the
assertion that Saddam was trying to obtain uranium from Africa was included
in Bush's State of the Union address.
>
> The International Atomic Energy Agency told the United Nations in March
that the information about uranium was based on forged documents.
>
> After Bush repeated the British claim in his State of the Union address,
the purported letters between Iraq and Niger were turned over to the United
Nations, which found them to be forged.
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