[Fred Fighter]

You wrote

"Why did Saddam have 500 tons of yellowcake in
the first place if not for the purposes of developing
a nuclear weapon? His Nuclear Power Plant was bombed
by the Israelis and I don't think he ever tried to
rebuild it.
...

We rebombed it in 1991 and also bombed the new
one the Russians were building for him. But
I digress.

Did you even consider reading the IAEA report at
the link I provided?

Here's an exerp:

"The yellowcake procured from Portugal was supplied in two
batches. Batch 1, received on 20 June 1980, consisted of
429 drums containing 138,098 kg of yellowcake and batch
two, received as three consignments over the period from
17 May 1982 through 20 June 1982, consisted of 487 drums
containing 148,348 kg yellow cake.
...
The yellowcake procured from Niger was also shipped in two
batches. Batch one, received on 8 February 1981, consisted
of 432 drums containing 137,435 kg of yellowcake and batch
two, received on 18 March 1982, consisted of 426 drums
containing 139,409 kg yellowcake. "

Note the dates.

Of course Saddam Hussein wanted to make nuclear weapons,
no one ever denied that. There is no question that he
had an active nuclear weapons program prior to 1991.

I don't doubt that he would have restarted it if he could
have and don't know any one who has such a doubt.

--

FF

[Pres Raygun]

I don't doubt that he would have restarted it if he could have and don't know any one who has such a doubt.

Well said. Combine the above with the fact that Saddam was using the Oil for Food Program to bypass or dismantle the sanctions and the fact that he would not cooperate with the rest of the world in apprehending terrorists within Iraq and any sane person would rightfully conclude that he needed to be removed from power. Thank God for President Bush and his leadership.