Posted on 11/07/2005 5:52:33 PM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
...TONY BLAIR: let me just say this, on the issue to do with Africa and the uranium: the British intelligence that we had, we believe is genuine. We stand by that intelligence. And one interesting fact, I think people don't generally know, in case people should think that the whole idea of a link between Iraq and Niger was some invention. In the 1980s we know for sure that Iraq purchased around about 270 tons of uranium from Niger, so I think we should just factor that in to our thinking there...
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2.) As well, more than 500 tons of uranium was found in Iraq, of which the 1.77 metric tons of partially-enriched uranium came from. It was discovered that Saddam had begun to partially enrich this uranium before the war.
Dr. Mahdi Obeidi was the physicist tapped by Saddam to run his centrifuge program.
He states that he buried the centrifuge parts, blueprints, and designs - along with some critical components of the centrifuge under his garden in Baghdad.
Obeidi: "I had to mintain the program to the bitterend." All the while the Iraqi physicist was aware that he held the key to Saddam's contiuning nuclear ambitions.
500 tons of partially enriched uranium, and the equipment and blueprints that could enrich enough uranium to make a bomb stored away for safekeeping. And all of it at the Iraqi dictators disposal.
This enrichment program was going to be restarted by Saddam after the inspections ended.
Links to the information in 1.) and 2.) will be provided below.
1.) US Reveals Iraq Nuclear Operation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3872201.stm
2.) Saddam's 500-Ton Uranium Stockpile
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/2/220331.shtml
Blair's U.S. visit in 2003, should help show that Saddam had already secured Uranium from Niger in the past.
Bush said that "Saddam Hussein recently sought signifact quanties of uranium from Africa." not Niger, but Saddam had bought uranium from Niger in the 80's.
I've heard that the Bush Adm. is reading itself to finally deal with the Democrat lies. I hope that it is a battle royale... and it is about time.
so is it accurate to say that the war revealed 230 tonnes of uranium that was not known about, and that they don't know where it came from? (it is not a natural resource of iraq) and of that, 1.7 tonnes was partially enriched?
did the u.s. remove just the 1.7 partially enriched, or all 500 tonnes?
We know for a fact that 500 tons of uranium were found, and that 1.77 metric tons of it was partially-enriched.
I imagine that allo of it was removed.
Thank you for the links to the articles. It seems we live in very interesting times.
And along with refuting all the crap the Rats have been pushing, I really hope he takes on the MSM big time. I have heard people comment that the Pres does not take on the MSM because they "could turn on him and get nasty" - HUH? What does he have to loose? Let's rumble, it's not only his reputation he needs to bolster but it is ultimately our country's survival from these lefty loonies.
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