Posted on 09/20/2004 11:29:24 AM PDT by parnasokan
You've completely lost me. What does Rathergate have to do with the other story (which I have never heard anything about) you mention?
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I'd argue/support this vanity enthusiastically if I had a clue what you were discussing.
Sounds to me like a bad attempt at British tabloid style insider pages...
How about simply telling the story??
"Wounds my heart with a monotonous langour"
Rocco Martino: ’I am the Source of the False Niger/Iraq Uranium Story’
"The Sunday Times on Sunday and the Financial Times on Monday report that an Italian businessman and fraudster named Rocco Martino has said that he was the source of the false stories and documents related to Iraq’s alleged attempts to buy uranium from Niger. He explained that in 1999, French intelligence sought information about business dealings in Niger. He has met with French intelligence officials in Brussels ever since 1999 on a regular basis and knew about the situation in Niamey.
"Highly placed European officials admit that Martino provided the French with documents showing that Iraq may have been planning to expand trade with Niger. In fact, the documents did not refer to uranium, and the trade plans were probably the typical sort of relationship Arab oil states had with a whole range of third world countries.
"Martino was surprised when he saw that the French immediately jumped to the wrong conclusion and thought that the documents indicated an Iraqi interest in uranium. (We now know that Iraq had no nuclear program and so it is hard to see what it would have done with the uranium, anyway). ..."
Zapping my beeber is a hugh mistake.
Isn’t it possible that the mole, Rocco Martino, led on a line by Joshua Marshall was fed the Nigergate claims, by one account of the FBI? Seems to me this case was a mistake of utilitarian, if not conspiratorial, significance vis-à-vis the original smorgasbord.
Glad it's not just me. Some days, I wonder.......
The chair is against the wall.
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I'm seriesly stuned.
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Correct!
Bring your decoder rings.
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