Lies about Uranium from Niger

THE LIES...
"Iraq has sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa, despite having no active civil nuclear power programme that could require it."
UK Government Dossier on Iraq, 24 September 2002
"...the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
George Bush, State of Union address, 28 January 2003

AND THE TRUTH...
"...documents which formed the basis for [the White House's assertion] of recent uranium transactions between Iraq and Niger are in fact not authentic."
Mohammed El Baradei, Director, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), March 2003

14 September 2006 - UN attacks US nuclear report on Iran (Guardian, UK)
6 June 2006 - The War They Wanted, the Lies They Needed (Vanity Fair)
18 January 2006 - Memo Doubted Uranium Sale Claim (New York Times)
11 December 2005 - French told CIA of Bogus Intelligence (Los Angeles Times)
4 November 2005 - Source of forged Niger-Iraq documents identified
2 November 2005 - Congress must investigate lies, leaks (SPI)
29 October 2005 - The nucleus of the scandal (AntiWar.com)
24 October 2005 - Bush at Bay: Fitzgerald looks at Niger Forgeries (UPI)
8 April 2005 - Intelligence officials say Iraq claims were untrue (Independent, UK)
12 January 2005 - US gives up search for Iraq WMDs (BBC News)
18 September 2004 - Iraq had no WMD: The Final Verdict (Independent, UK)
11 August 2004 - Iraq ended nuclear aims in 1991 (BBC News)
25 July 2004 - Butler wrong on Iraq uranium link (Independent, UK)
17 July 2004 - How CIA fumbled on Niger Uranium (IHT)
17 July 2004 - Debunking distortions about my trip to Niger (Joseph C Wilson IV in the Washington Post)
15 July 2004 - Ex-Niger premier denies Iraq link (BBC News)
9 July 2004 - CIA slated over Iraq intelligence (BBC News)
6 July 2004 - Blair to offer partial apology over war (Independent, UK)
27 June 2004 - Butler enquiry targets Niger uranium claim (Observer, UK)
24 June 2004 - Bush questioned over CIA leak (BBC News)
5 June 2004 - US expert slams WMD delusions (BBC News)
1 May 2004 - Cheney accused of smear campaign by ambassador (Independent, UK)
3 February 2004 - How the Government's case for war has failed to add up (Independent, UK)
28 December 2003 - Blair's WMD claim dismissed by America's Baghdad chief (Independent, UK)
9 November 2003 - Case for war confected, say top US officials (Independent, UK)
14 September 2003 - A failure of intelligence (Guardian, UK)
11 September 2003 - CIA weapons expert to quit after uranium scandal (Guardian, UK)
26 August 2003 - Niger allegation watered down after CIA warning (Independent, UK)
10 August 2003 - Mr Blair must come clean about the Niger connection (Independent, UK)
7 August 2003 - Niger may sue over uranium slur (BBC News)
4 August 2003 - Whistleblower on Niger uranium claim accuses White House of launching dirty tricks campaign (Independent, UK)
4 August 2003 - Niger wants IAEA clean bill of health (Guardian, UK)
31 July 2003 - CIA questioned UK uranium claims (BBC News)
30 July 2003 - Bush takes responsibility for Niger claim (Guardian, UK)
30 July 2003 - Foreign Office defends Niger claim (Guardian, UK)
27 July 2003 - Niger hits back over uranium claims (BBC News)
23 July 2003 - Bush security adviser takes blame for uranium claim (Guardian, UK)
20 July 2003 - Evidence useless (Observer, UK)
20 July 2003 - Italian journalist had dismissed Niger uranium documents as forgeries even before they reached the CIA (PR Newswire)
19 July 2003 - FBI probing forged papers on Niger uranium (Washington Times)
18 July 2003 - Bush Uranium Lie Is Tip of the Iceberg (FAIR)
17 July 2003 - Crude Niger forgery surfaces in Italian paper (Guardian, UK)
15 July 2003 - Straw: Uranium forgery source unknown (Guardian, UK)
14 July 2003 - Niger upset by uranium slur (BBC News)
14 July 2003 - The uranium row (Guardian, UK)
14 July 2003 - Straw defends Iraq uranium claim (Guardian, UK)
14 July 2003 - Democrats step up pressure on uranium claims (Guardian, UK)
13 July 2003 - The Niger connection (Guardian, UK)
13 July 2003 - Blair made WMD mistake says Blix (BBC News)
13 July 2003 - Blair ignored CIA weapons warning (Guardian, UK)
12 July 2003 - CIA chief takes rap for Bush's false war claim (Guardian, UK)
12 July 2003 - Text of the Tenet statement (BBC News)
12 July 2003 - White House turns on CIA over uranium claim (Guardian, UK)
12 July 2003 - CIA asked No. 10 to drop uranium claim (Daily Telegraph, UK)
11 July 2003 - CIA cleared Iraq uranium claim (BBC News)
9 July 2003 - White House warned over Iraq claim (BBC News)
8 July 2003 - Division over Iraq uranium claim (BBC News)
8 July 2003 - White House admits Iraq intelligence error (Guardian, UK)
7 July 2003 - Britain knew uranium claims were false (Guardian, UK)
6 July 2003 - What I didn't find in Africa (New York Times)
28 June 2003 - Admission on Niger claim (Guardian, UK)
7 June 2003 - UN inspectors question claims over Iraqi weapons (Guardian, UK)
7 June 2003 - Inspectors contradict Blair on evidence of uranium purchase (Guardian, UK)
30 May 2003 - MI6 led protest against war dossier (Guardian, UK)
23 April 2003 - Blix attacks shaky intelligence on weapons (Guardian, UK)
26 March 2003 - Bush endorsed Forgery About Iraq Nuclear Program (New Yorker)
8 March 2003 - UK nuclear evidence a fake (Guardian, UK)
26 December 2002 - Niger denies selling uranium to Iraq (BBC News)
24 September 2002 - Iraq sought African uranium (BBC News)

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