Niger denies Iraq nuclear claim - Democratic Underground

dArKeR

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Sat Jul-26-03 05:33 PM
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Niger denies Iraq nuclear claim

The prime minister of Niger has denied claims his nation was involved in trying to sell uranium to Iraq and challenged his counterpart Tony Blair to prove otherwise, a newspaper reported.

"Our conscience is clear. We are innocent," Hama Hamadou told the Sunday Telegraph in an interview in Niamey, capital of the West African nation.

"If Britain has evidence to support its claim then it has only to produce it for everybody to see," he added.

Britain has claimed intelligence shows Iraq tried to buy uranium from Niger to make atomic weapons, but -- embarrassingly for Blair -- Washington has publicly disavowed that.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/24by7panews/page.cfm?objectid=13222568&method=full&siteid=50143

How could anyones conscience be clear in Blair's gov? They murdered Kelly!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/24by7panews/page.cfm?objectid=13222568&method=full&siteid=50143

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Kellanved

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Sat Jul-26-03 05:36 PM
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1. Blair had months to prepare a response to that

Edited on Sat Jul-26-03 06:06 PM by Kellanved

A story about Niger denying having sold Uranium to Iraq from 2002:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2607081.stm

If that's the best he can do...

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LeftistGorilla

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Sat Jul-26-03 06:00 PM
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2. the best he could do...

was leave the country and go to Asia...of course... the press still grilled his ass...

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