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"One of the documents was a letter, dated July 2000 and apparently signed by the Niger president, discussing Iraq's agreement to purchase 500 tons of uranium oxide, and certifying that it was authorized under the Niger constitution of 1965. But U.N. officials quickly noted that Niger had promulgated a new constitution in 1999, and that the letter's signature bore little resemblance to the actual signature of President Tandja Mamadou.
Another letter, dated in 1999, was signed by the Niger foreign minister. But the letterhead belonged to the military government that had been replaced earlier in 1999, and the signatory had left the job of foreign minister in 1989." (W. Post March 22, 2003)
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July 8, 2003. NY Times
The White House acknowledged for the first time today that President Bush was relying on incomplete and perhaps inaccurate information from American intelligence agencies when he declared, in his State of the Union speech, that Saddam Hussein had tried to purchase uranium from Africa.
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White House says uranium claim should not have been in the State of the Union Address
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Reuters reported "a senior official from the U.N. nuclear agency who saw the ... evidence ... described one as so badly forged his ``jaw dropped.'' ``It doesn't even look close to the signature of the president.''
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house.gov
Rep. Waxman. In a letter sent to Bush, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) asked for a full accounting.
Waxman U (65k PDF)
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"It was the information that we had. We provided it. If that information is inaccurate, fine," Powell said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
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Toronto Globe & Mail. The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said ... experts have determined the letters and other written material are "not authentic." The forgeries were sold to an Italian intelligence agent by a con man.
030308 Globe+Mail (17k PDF)
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globalsecurity
Powell did not refer to the fake African documents, which conforms with the U.S. News report that he rejected parts of the speech provided by Cheney. USNews
030205 Powell UN (73k PDF)
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Rumsfeld. "His regime ... recently was discovered seeking significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
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whitehouse.gov
Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser, in "Why We Know Iraq is Lying" states the declaration fails to account for or explain Iraq's efforts to get uranium from abroad."
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whitehouse.gov
In his State of the Union address, Bush said "the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
20030128 Bush State U (43k HTML)
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British publish report that Iraq had tried to purchase uranium for nuclear weapons in Africa.
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