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Book Names Iraqi in Alleged '99 Bid to Buy Uranium (joe wilson LIED ! )
Washington Post ^
| Friday, April 30, 2004
| Susan Schmidt
Posted on 04/30/2004 1:38:13 PM PDT by smonk
Book Names Iraqi in Alleged '99 Bid to Buy Uranium
By Susan Schmidt Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, April 30, 2004; Page A16
It was Saddam Hussein's information minister, Mohammed Saeed Sahhaf, often referred to in the Western press as "Baghdad Bob," who approached an official of the African nation of Niger in 1999 to discuss trade -- an overture the official saw as a possible effort to buy uranium.
That's according to a new book Joseph C. Wilson IV, a former ambassador who was sent to Niger by the CIA in 2002 to investigate reports that Iraq had been trying to buy enriched "yellowcake" uranium. Wilson wrote that he did not learn the identity of the Iraqi official until this January, when he talked again with his Niger source.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1999; baghdadbob; bullschmidt; iraq; josephwilson; niger; sahhaf; uranium; wilson; yellowcake
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it turns out that st. joe wilson, adored by the media almost as much as st. dick clarke, is (or was) lying through his teeth.
I'll bet his wife is really a waitress or something.
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posted on
04/30/2004 1:38:13 PM PDT
by
smonk
To: smonk
how much?
2
posted on
04/30/2004 1:40:45 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
To: smonk
HA!
This is typical liberal doublespeak. I'm sure Uncle Joe Wilson will come up with some Clintonian (perhaps Kerryistic) explanation like "well people were asking if Saddam was looking for Yelllowcake in Nigeria so when I said no I was being honest, after all it Baghdad Bob looking for yellowcake and nobody asked me if he was looking. See Bush lied and mislead the country" and all the liberal media fools will drink their Kool-Aid and do their duty.
3
posted on
04/30/2004 1:43:22 PM PDT
by
Dr Snide
(Rocking like Janet Reno)
To: smonk
bump
4
posted on
04/30/2004 1:44:07 PM PDT
by
BlueAngel
To: Dr Snide
interesting to compare this WashPost story to the NYT story
regarding the same book. the NYT story is downstream someplace.
5
posted on
04/30/2004 1:46:30 PM PDT
by
smonk
To: Dr Snide
I keep looking out my window to see if the sun is moving in retrograde. The fact that FReepers are taking a position that requires taking Baghdad Bob seriously has me worried about the end of the world.
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posted on
04/30/2004 1:47:54 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
To: lugsoul
I suspect the idiots at DU feel much the same way. LOL
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posted on
04/30/2004 1:52:02 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
To: lugsoul
You need to read closer, it is Joe Wilson making these claims not Baghdad Bob. In fact it is Joe Wilson quoting a official from Niger in regards to Baghdad Bob. If one does not find either Wilson for the Niger govt. official credible then the original story had no credibility either since it relied on the same sources. But even then one has to account for two totally different versions by one person (J. Wilson). I'm not having it both ways, but the left is trying.
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posted on
04/30/2004 1:54:55 PM PDT
by
Dr Snide
(Rocking like Janet Reno)
To: lugsoul
Anytime you have any thing to do with anything it gives me shivers. But thats just my opinion.
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posted on
04/30/2004 1:55:57 PM PDT
by
cksharks
To: cksharks
I see you have that freeper (I use the term loosely) figured out. He's a piece of work.
10
posted on
04/30/2004 1:58:06 PM PDT
by
Peach
To: cripplecreek
By much the same way, you mean surprised that someone is taking Bob seriously? If they are, it must be simply the blind squirrel / nut syndrome.
Can you imagine Baghdad Bob on a trade mission? "Oh, you MUST try our wine! The fruit of our vineyards is so lush and plentiful that steel columns are required to keep the grapes from dragging the ground!"
"As you know, Iraq is the world's foremost information technology producer, and Saddamware is poised to knock Microsoft off of its perch as the world's leading software manufacturer. Saddamware is so advanced that even an illiterate Arab whose education consists solely of memorizing the Quran can solve complex quadratic equations simply by following the steps in our simple "help" window."
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posted on
04/30/2004 1:58:26 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
To: Peach
"Work" is not how I would finish that sentence for you. BTW, your lack of basuc courtesy is appalling. It is a safe bet you weren't actually raised down here.
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posted on
04/30/2004 2:00:33 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
To: lugsoul
Yes i do...i think.
They took him seriously and now will be forced to ridicule him.
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posted on
04/30/2004 2:03:05 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
To: lugsoul
You just keep making enemies on all the threads you visit, I see. Keep it up...
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posted on
04/30/2004 2:03:38 PM PDT
by
Peach
To: lugsoul
What's the frequency?
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posted on
04/30/2004 2:07:03 PM PDT
by
Stentor
To: cksharks
That's meaningful, coming from one whose latest, greatest hits include the following posts:
"My arent we a shithead today!!!!!!!!"
"No it wasnt a typo and yes I am a klan member."
"And just for kicks bite my ass."
"Your a complete idiot."
"Screw that POS."
"Sounds like your too dumb and smartass to pick a fight!!!!!"
"And just who the hell are you? I could give a rats ass how many french pigs like the USA"
In the face of withering intellect like that, I guess I should pay close attention to your "shivers."
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posted on
04/30/2004 2:08:08 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
To: cripplecreek
You mean they took him seriously when he was having those great pressers during the war? Really? That must've been entertaining.
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posted on
04/30/2004 2:09:43 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
To: smonk
He's still lying...
Terry Jeffrey, the editor of Human Events, reports a great story, "Saddam Sent Trade Mission to Niger." Jeffrey went through the United Nations Atomic Energy Agency records and found that they say Saddam Hussein sent an ambassador named Al Zahawie on a trade mission to Niger in 1999
Iraqi Agent Went To Niger In 1999
The agent was NOT Baghdad Bob.
To: lugsoul
Hey Moby...see #18...it was NOT Baghdad Bob.
To: Peach
Yep. It is a shame I can't be like you and just revel in being a sheep.
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posted on
04/30/2004 2:13:06 PM PDT
by
lugsoul
(Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
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