UN WANTS TO SEE UK EVIDENCE ON "IRAQ URANIUM"- HUGE

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030716/wl_nm/iraq_britain_nuclear_dc_2


By Louis Charbonneau

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Wednesday the British government should let U.N. inspectors verify its evidence that Iraq (news - web sites) tried to buy uranium from Africa to make atomic weapons.

President Bush (news - web sites) has come under fire for including the allegation in his State of the Union address in January. The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has since dismissed as forgeries documents offered as evidence for the charge.

With casualties in Iraq rising and the opposition Democrats questioning Bush's justifications of the U.S.-led war, the White House acknowledged last week that the uranium claim should not have been in the speech.

Under similar pressure in London, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw Monday insisted however that British claims about the African uranium had not been based on the forged documents but on other, as yet unpublicized evidence from a third country which neither the Americans nor the U.N. have seen.

"If there was any other evidence, it would still be appropriate for the IAEA to receive it, in order to verify its veracity," said IAEA spokeswoman Melissa Fleming Wednesday.

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"The IAEA still has a mandate... to ensure that Iraq has no nuclear weapons program, and the obligation stands for countries to assist us with any information relevant to our verification mandate," she added.

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Last November's U.N. Security Council resolution 1441 called on all U.N. member countries to give the U.N. "any information related to prohibited programs... including on Iraqi attempts since 1998 to acquire prohibited items."



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CHECKMATE!!

Another good question....since resolution 1441 MANDATES it, WHY didn't the British give this "other evidence" to the IAEA BEFORE THE WAR??



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[indictrichardperle]

1. excellent move

Cheney's neo-con talking points, are "but the Brits have their own intel that proves the Niger claim"




Lets see it Poodle, .......now the MP's are going to be howling for Straw and Poodle to hand over the evidence to the IAEA.

Everyone lie they tell just digs them in deeper.....

[truthisfreedom]

2. meanwhile, drudge says bush bringing back mary matalin for spin control

from http://www.drudgereport.com/

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"Vice President Cheney telling House GOP leaders: Bush admin getting ready to go on a public relations offensive, attempt to recast debate on Niger, WMDs, including bringing back Mary Matalin for spin control... Developing..."

[Pallas180]

10. Yeah. |Spin. It was all Clinton' s fault. The false papers were from

his administration.

How can Carville live with her. cheez.

[Qutzupalotl]

3. So where's the evidence again, Jack?

"British claims about the African uranium had not been based on the forged documents but on other, as yet unpublicized evidence from a third country which neither the Americans nor the U.N. have seen."

"That third country wouldn't happen to be on Pluto, would it?"

"Of course not. Don't be ridiculous."

"Then let's see that evidence!"

"No."

[kixot]

4. I hope this sticks.

Just the thought of * spending his days in a Hague prison cell gives me the BIGGEST WOODY.




What? What did you think I was referring to?

[xchrom]

6. well i know what i thought you were referring to

and wood pecker was what i thought.
it's time to keep our ears very close to the ground to see what rove cooks up in the way of an offensive -- it'll be good and we'll have to be ready.
but there is a chance -- a small one maybe -- that someone in this fucked up admin will go to jail.
i doubt it will be bush -- but the more hard evidence of tampering and lying the higher up the totem pole we can go.

[burythehatchet]

8. thanks kixot

that post REALLY cracked me up

[screembloodymurder]

5. Based on other,

"as yet unpublicized evidence from a third country which neither the Americans nor the U.N. have seen."

I'll bet it's the same source that gave us the location for those WMD.

[Guaranteed]

7. Odd coincidence

"Irony" (?) that the same resolution (1441) that the Americans and British pushed for is now cracking their excuses.... they HAVE to give this information up.

[rocketdem]

11. they won't

It's too sensitive, they'll claim.

It's a matter of national security, they'll say.

The UN can't be trusted with information like this, they'll spin.

[the_sam]

9. Probably not very good evidence

The CIA had its doubts about British intelligence regarding the uranium matter. And I'd imagine that if the Brits were really confident, in it, they'd have shared it with the IAEA long ago.