[concerned about politics]

The French secret service is believed to have refused to allow MI6 to give the Americans "credible" intelligence showing that Iraq was trying to buy uranium ore from Niger, US intelligence sources said yesterday.

Yeh, because the French control the Niger mine. Sheesh.

[RobbyS]

Yeh, because the French control the Niger mine. Sheesh. That simple fact and all that it implies has somehow not made its way into the American press.