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New Iraqi Documents show Bush didn't Lie (Yellow Cake in Africa
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Posted on 03/13/2006 9:11:59 AM PST by jbwbubba

New Iraqi Documents Show Bush Didn't 'Lie'

Newly translated Iraqi documents from Saddam Hussein's regime show that President Bush was factually accurate when he told the nation in his 2003 State of the Union Address that Iraq had recently sought uranium from Africa.

Bush's 16-word statement had formed the basis for the claim adopted by administration critics that "Bush lied" about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs.

But according to the Washington Times today, an unnamed U.S. official reports that "newly translated Iraqi documents . . . tell of Saddam seeking uranium from Africa in the mid-1990s."

The documents also speak of burying prohibited missiles, a government official familiar with the declassification process told the paper.

In his January 2003 address, Bush told the nation:

"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

The statement prompted former ambassador to Iraq, Joseph Wilson to complain to the New York Times seven months later: "I have little choice but to conclude that some of the intelligence related to Iraq's nuclear weapons program was twisted to exaggerate the Iraqi threat."

The new documents strongly suggest, however, that Wilson was wrong - and that the "Bush lied" mantra adopted by most Democrats since Wilson first made his complaint has been based on bogus information.

Confirmation on African uranium claim offered by Iraqi documents may be just the tip of the iceberg.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Peter Hoekstra told the Washington Times that about 500 hours of Saddam audiotape is still being translated and analyzed by the U.S.

And U.S. Central Command has 48,000 boxes of Iraqi documents, of which the military has delivered just 68 pages to his committee so far.

"I don't want to overstate what is in the documents," Hoekstra told the paper. "[But] I certainly want to get them out because I think people are going to find them very interesting."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 16words; billtierney; bush; cialeak; hoekstra; iraq; iraqdocs; joewilson; josephwilson; nigerflap; petehoekstra; peterhoekstra; plame
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1 posted on 03/13/2006 9:12:01 AM PST by jbwbubba
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"an unnamed U.S. official"

That guy plays on all teams, doesn't he?


2 posted on 03/13/2006 9:13:49 AM PST by L98Fiero (I'm worth a million in prizes.)
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New Iraqi Documents show Bush didn't Lie (Yellow Cake in Africa)

Not one peep in the utterly deceitful, democrat party lamestream media.

3 posted on 03/13/2006 9:14:34 AM PST by FormerACLUmember (No program, no ideas, no clue: The democrats!)
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To: jbwbubba

" has been based on bogus information"
I gave no one information!
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra


4 posted on 03/13/2006 9:14:45 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: jbwbubba

Don't we already know Joe Wilson is a liar? What he said publicly contradicted his private report.


5 posted on 03/13/2006 9:15:13 AM PST by KJC1 (Bush is fighting the War on Terror, Dems are fighting the War on Bush)
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To: L98Fiero
Well, unnamed officials are good enough for the NYSlimes.
7 posted on 03/13/2006 9:15:31 AM PST by demlosers (Kerry: "Impeach Bush, filibuster Alito, withdraw from Iraq, send U235 to Iran, elect me President!")
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""The British government has learned

why does everybody leave out the first part? There was never any claims about firsthand knowledge - only that the British government has learned that Saddam tried to buy yellowcake.

8 posted on 03/13/2006 9:16:32 AM PST by camle (Keep your mind open and somebody will fill if full of something for you.)
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How could he have lied when he *quoted* British intel?


9 posted on 03/13/2006 9:16:59 AM PST by Quicksilver
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Yawn, old news surely we can speak of more important things like uh,....the Sopranos? the NCAA? toenail fungus?


10 posted on 03/13/2006 9:17:14 AM PST by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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I can't wait to hear this trumpeted all across the MSM shows now thru Sunday!.......


11 posted on 03/13/2006 9:17:37 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: jbwbubba; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; rdb3; P-Marlowe

I never thought that the President lied about WMDs.

Many would have been better served if he'd put up a more rigorous defense of the presence of WMDs and of Iraqi ties to a number of terrorist groups to include Al Qaeda.

Those most injured by the terrible media skills of the President's information team are the soldiers of the US military. They NEED daily to know that their sacrifice is the necessary thing to be doing for a just cause.


12 posted on 03/13/2006 9:18:23 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It. Pray for Our Troops!)
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13 posted on 03/13/2006 9:19:31 AM PST by frogjerk (LIBERALISM: The perpetual insulting of common sense.)
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To: jbwbubba; sure_fine

This'll never see the light of day in the OTM (Old Tired Media), IMO.


14 posted on 03/13/2006 9:20:50 AM PST by butternut_squash_bisque (Borders, Language, Cultureā„¢)
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President Bush doesn't seem very interested on all this "new" evidence or it would already be translated and published.
15 posted on 03/13/2006 9:21:04 AM PST by TexasCajun
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New Iraqi Documents Show Bush Didn't 'Lie'

It is utterly amazing how a FALSEHOOD stated often enough becomes the truth. OR as in this case a true statement falsely reported becomes a LIE about a LIE.

What the POTUS said in his SOTU was the TRUTH. However the way it was reported was that BUSH SAID Saddam had tried to get yellow cake from Niger when in FACT it was the British government that said it.

Which by the way is EXACTLY what the President said.

The SOTU statement by the PRESIDENT was and always has been the TRUTH!!!!

16 posted on 03/13/2006 9:25:42 AM PST by PISANO (We will not tire......We will not falter.......We will NOT FAIL!!! .........GW Bush [Oct 2001])
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"Well, unnamed officials are good enough for the NYSlimes."

Yep, exactly why I don't trust 'em.


17 posted on 03/13/2006 9:27:41 AM PST by L98Fiero (I'm worth a million in prizes.)
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Newly translated Iraqi documents from Saddam Hussein's regime show that President Bush was factually accurate when he told the nation in his 2003 State of the Union Address that Iraq had recently sought uranium from Africa.

This doesn't vindicate George Bush it should vindicate British Intelligence....

18 posted on 03/13/2006 9:29:52 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: jbwbubba

Bump.


19 posted on 03/13/2006 9:33:34 AM PST by T. Buzzard Trueblood (left unchecked, Saddam Hussein...will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons." Sen. Hillary Clinton)
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To: jbwbubba
The only time I ever see these stories is when the come from Nesmax or the National Review with the occasional reiterations from Hannity or Rush.

I'm not suggesting the stories aren't true but until they appear on the evening news, or in the major papers, the left will continue their "Bush Lied" march.
20 posted on 03/13/2006 9:34:24 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS (No animals were harmed during the creation of this post.)
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