[piasa]

The five countries include Germany and Japan as well as two countries in Europe and one in Africa that the diplomats would not name.

*!* HELLO! *!*

Paging former Ambassador Wilson...

[Howlin]

Gosh, who EVER could it be?

[piasa]

Did someone in the IAEA's shining example of disarmament success - South Africa- contribute to the mess, perhaps?

Or did someone just need some raw material from a country otherwise known for growing cowpeas?

[Shermy]

The five countries include Germany and Japan as well as two countries in Europe and one in Africa that the diplomats would not name.

Not to repeat myself too much, but Bush never named "Niger" as the country where Saddam "sought" (not "bought") uranium, though many interpreted it so in light of the mini-hoohaa about an apparent bogus letter from there.

If this article is talking about "technology" it could be only, I believe, South Africa, which had a bomb program. If it's "uranium" that could be South Africa, Gabon, Niger or Namibia, uranium producing states according to sites on the web.

[Shermy]

There's also recent stories that Khan bought a ritzy hotel in Mali, next door to Niger, and named it after his wife.

He shipped, supposedly, snazzy furniture there via Pakistani military planes. Refueling point? Libya.

[mewzilla]

Paging former Ambassador Wilson...

And the collection of idiots who sent him over there in the first place...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!