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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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To: xzins; jbwbubba; rdb3; P-Marlowe; AmericanInfidel0; Laurita; CMS; The Sailor; txradioguy; ...

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!)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595551/posts?page=12#12


41 posted on 03/13/2006 10:10:00 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (It's ALWAYS a great day to be a Conservative Independent Voter AND a Viet Nam Vet)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Thanks for the ping!


42 posted on 03/13/2006 10:13:51 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Thanks for the ping Tonk.

Just reaffirms what many of us already knew.


43 posted on 03/13/2006 10:17:31 AM PST by eyespysomething
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To: HEY4QDEMS
the left will continue their "Bush Lied" march.

Here's a guess at their reaction:

"Hey, that's ancient history! Don't try to hang that on me, this is about the failed policies of the Bush White House. Show me the weapons. Show me the weapons!!! No, those are old GW1 weapons, I wanna see NEW weapons. Yeah, but it's just a trace uhhh.... BUSH LIED!"

44 posted on 03/13/2006 10:18:46 AM PST by Flavius Josephus (War today is always cheaper than war tomorrow.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; jbwbubba
Tapes reveal WMD plans by Saddam (Rowan Scarborough-Washington Times)
45 posted on 03/13/2006 10:21:51 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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.

Timing is everything. The "WMD was a lie" drumbeat has not reached its crescendo ... yet.

46 posted on 03/13/2006 10:22:11 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: jbwbubba
I can hardly wait until the Today Show comes on tomorrow morning so I can hear Katie Cur Ick report this story.

Waiting.....

Still waiting.........

Still waiting...........................................

47 posted on 03/13/2006 10:23:28 AM PST by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

BTTT


48 posted on 03/13/2006 10:24:53 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: jbwbubba

the yellow cake story was ALWAYS TRUE. The forged documents were planted by operatives (likely french) as a means to discredit the entire story.


49 posted on 03/13/2006 10:27:21 AM PST by oceanview
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To: Cboldt; xzins

"Timing is everything. The "WMD was a lie" drumbeat has not reached its crescendo ... yet."

Cboldt FYI The post you are refering to is xzins post
I just copied it and pinged everyone to it.

12 posted on 03/13/2006 9:18:23 AM PST by xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It. Pray for Our Troops!)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595551/posts?page=12#12


50 posted on 03/13/2006 10:27:34 AM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (I've supported the troops, each and every week, since Oct 2001, by actually doing their job)
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To: Red Badger

If the Bush Administration is uninterested in broadcasting this information to the public, why should the mainstream media be interested? Either it's unsupportable as a matter of fact, or the Administration is becoming bizarrely detached from the need to support the war with factual information, particularly facts that would rebut the claims of the "Bush Lied" crowd. I can't explain it - maybe someone else can.


51 posted on 03/13/2006 10:30:27 AM PST by andy58-in-nh
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To: jbwbubba
The new documents strongly suggest, however, that Wilson was wrong

Well we've gone from undeniable proof of massive stockpiles in Iraq to 'strong' suggestions of raw materials somewhere in Africa. And from all places, Newsmax. Yep, that's about par for the course....

52 posted on 03/13/2006 10:34:31 AM PST by billbears (Deo Vindice)
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To: PISANO

An example of how propoganda works...

Unfortunately for Libs/Dems, the INTERNET, and a blizzard of alternative Media choices means they no longer control the only sources of information....

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, and the free flow and exchange of IDEAS means doom for the left in America....


53 posted on 03/13/2006 10:54:20 AM PST by tcrlaf
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To: bassmaner
but why did the White House fold like a cheap camera?

Good question, who knows, this White House has baffled me for sometime. I admire the President but he needs to start with a NEW CABINET and start KICKIN' a lot of A.

As a MBA who lacks great communication skills HE MUST KNOW that he has to have people out there that DO!!!!!!

54 posted on 03/13/2006 11:01:09 AM PST by PISANO (We will not tire......We will not falter.......We will NOT FAIL!!! .........GW Bush [Oct 2001])
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To: All
Some may find these articles very interesting.

Joe Wilson's lies, A timeline-Who Forged the Documents?

AND

Italian Faces Pre-War Intelligence Probe"

55 posted on 03/13/2006 11:22:30 AM PST by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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To: Jonah Johansen
"On qualification for believing Leftist propaganda or other conspiracy theories is total lack of interest in fact or logic. Any document you might present to refute their claims is immediately dismissed as a "forgery"."

I thought that the Rathergate fiasco established "fake but accurate" as a standard. The corollary is "real but wrong" would also be acceptable to the MSM. It's an either-or thing. Just as "fake and wrong" would actually fall beneath the MSM standards -- you also can't have "real and accurate" -- it just won't do.
56 posted on 03/13/2006 11:43:43 AM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: jbwbubba

They could hide/get rid of, tons of WMDs, but not some incriminating documents??!!


57 posted on 03/13/2006 11:44:48 AM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

THANKYOU!!


58 posted on 03/13/2006 11:47:18 AM PST by freema (Proud Marine FRiend, Mom, Aunt, Sister, Friend, Wife, Daughter, Niece)
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To: bassmaner

I agree that it would have been better to stand up for what was right. But, no matter what the WH said, the LSM would have spun it the way they wanted it. It was lose/lose all the way. Like arguing logic with an insane person . . . or a Democrat.


59 posted on 03/13/2006 11:54:33 AM PST by CherylBower
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To: All
Another article.

Expanding the French Connection"

Many, many links in the article.

60 posted on 03/13/2006 11:56:38 AM PST by processing please hold (Be careful of charity and kindness, lest you do more harm with open hands than with a clinched fist)
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