I can't stand it anymore! Did Wilson's report actually say that Iraq was

[cantstandbush]

trying to purchase yellowcake in 1998 or did it not?

[wryter2000]

1. Huh?

His report said he's gone to Niger to see if there was any evidence he'd tried to buy uranium there and that Saddam had found no evidence that was the case.

[wryter2000]

2. It's not letting me edit

What I should have said. His report said he'd investigated the possibility that Saddam had tried to buy uranium from Niger and he'd found no such evidence.

[eleny]

9. I thought your original posting was meant to be humorous!

It's actually pretty funny when read that way. All that's missing is the "sarcasm" smilie. Kudos to you! :applause:

[wryter2000]

15. LOL

All I can say is it was a stressful day at work yesterday. I'm glad it gave you a chuckle. :rofl:

[stepnw1f]

3. Niger Documents Were Forgeries

So there was nothing find but the forgeries themselves which is a criminal conspiracy to invade Iraq. This may be the sequel to Plamegate.

[LynnTheDem]

4. Not. Besides, Iraq had yellowcake. Under UN lock & key. UNTIL

BUSH invaded Iraq and didn't bother ordering the site secured.

[buzzard]

6. Exactly disgusting isn't it.

[Traveling_Home]

7. Help me on this

I know I've heard that before but can't find the source. Can you help?

[LynnTheDem]

13. What most don't realize is that Iraq MANUFACTURED THEIR OWN yellowcake

Iraq didn't have to purchase yellowcake to bloody begin with! They HAD yellowcake in Iraq. Under UN seal for years, monitored by the IAEA twice yearly...UNTIL BUSH'S INVASION.

Yellowcake = enriched uranium, in case you weren't aware of that.

Before bush's invasion, the UN told bush he MUST IMMEDIATELY secure all munitions and nuclear materials sites to prevent looting. bush told the UN (IAEA) he would do so.

He didn't do so.

Not until the IAEA went public about bush not having secured the site did bush give orders to secure the site. bush refused to allow the IAEA into Iraq until finally the bad press about the looting of yellowcake at Tuwaitha forced him to let the IAEA team in to inventory the site.

Here are some links, hope they help. If I've not answered what you were asking, please feel free to post again. I have a TON of links. :)

'Looting' at Iraq nuclear sites
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3002169.stm

Seven Iraqi Nuclear Sites Looted; Containers Missing
Previous reports have described damage at two of the facilities, the Tuwaitha Yellowcake Storage Facility and the adjacent Baghdad Nuclear Research Center. Now, the identity of three more damaged sites has been learned...
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0510-01.htm

IAEA Back to Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - After a three-month absence, the U.N. nuclear agency came to postwar Iraq on Friday to assess the nation's biggest nuclear plant - abandoned, looted and left in alarming disarray.
http://www.dailyherald.com/special/iraq/wwi_paststory.asp?intID=3777992

Here's a timeline for Tuwaitha, just one of many such total bush-FUBAR examples;

-April 9 2003 marines arrive, think they've found the "smoking gun"...and break open the UN seals.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/specialreports/iraq/s_128200.html

-April 10 2003 Experts Say US 'Discovery' of Nuclear Materials in Iraq was Breach of UN-Monitored Site
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0410-13.htm

-APRIL 11 2003 U.N. nuclear agency asks United States to secure Iraqi nuclear complex. On April 11 the US guaranteed that the site would be secured.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/11/iraq/main548895.shtml

-APRIL 25 2003 U.S. Has Not Inspected Iraqi Nuclear Facility
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35498-2003Apr24?language=printer

-MAY 4 2003 Iraqi Nuclear Site Is Found Looted
U.S. Team Unable to Determine Whether Deadly Materials Are Missing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A10888-2003May3?language=printer

So bush was forced to allow the IAEA back in, with their inventory list, and most of the looted yellowcake was found by the IAEA and re-secured. Yes he sure was concerned about nukes and "dirty bombs" and such, wasn't he. :sarcasm:

The nuclear facilities such as Tuwaitha were for years under UN lock & key, inventoried twice yearly by the IAEA;
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/special/iraq/1861996

IAEA warned bush to secure the sites;

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned the United States for the third time yesterday of the danger of radioactive contamination in Iraq because of looting at nuclear sites and called on the Bush administration to allow his safety and emergency response teams to enter the country.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0520-05.htm

ElBaradei Warns of Iraq Nuclear Emergency
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/unmovic/2003/0519elbaradeiwarns.htm

Yes bush sure was concerned about nukes and "dirty bombs" and such, wasn't he. :sarcasm:

Joe Wilson went to Niger and discovered what WMD experts already knew; it's pretty much impossible to illicitly purchase yellowcake from Niger.

Here's former CIA Joseph Cirincione on the subject;

A little common sense shows that a Niger uranium sale-even if attempted-was always highly improbable and was never a serious threat. (Iraq from the 1980s) became self-sufficient in uranium production. In March 2003, Iraq had an inventory of over 500 tons of natural uranium and almost two tons of low-enriched uranium. This uranium was kept under IAEA seal and checked annually by the nuclear agency...
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1595&proj=znpp

Hope this helps. :)

[Burried News]

5. Wilson said there was no evidence of Niger Uranium sales to Iraq

He went further and stated that the French Company mining Uranium there had very good control mechanisms; that their accounting history was solid and showed no record of sales to Saddam.

Because the company is French it may also help explain why the Busheviks made France a target very early on.

[cantstandbush]

10. Then why the hell don't the media heads call their guests on this?

I have seen three interviews with Republican talking head who have said that Wilson's report proved that Iraq was trying to buy yellow cake in 1998.

[annabanana]

11. dear lord!

WHAT are you watching that's passing that gas? FOX?

[Burried News]

12. I'm sure you have. They wear everyone out with their lies.

Even on the PBS Newshour I have seen them let lies stand so they can move onto the next point. Unless you have alot of time to listen and read attentively, you don't stand a chance of keeping it all straight.

Let me just say this - every time you are CONfused, it is no accident or failure on your part. By the CONFUSION you will know them. The confusion is the most reliable compass that something is amuck. After awhile you can feel the lies and smell the lies before you can describe and define the lies. And of course by that time they are off on a new lie.

These guys don't fart and run. They fart and then piss on your leg befor you can complain.

[Parche]

8. Report

No it wasnt Wilson's report

It was Betty Crocker's report on the YellowCake.

[the_spectator]

14. Mmmmm... ...yellowcake