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Originally Posted by smilingassassin
It also doesn't change the fact that 8 months after Wilson stated that saddam didn't try to aquire yellowcake, the French continued to deseminate the intel to the CIA.
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French (and British) intelligence were told about the "Niger-Iraq" connection by the Italian intelligence agency SISMI.
In November 2002, French Nuclear Proliferation intelligence told the US that Iraq had tried to acquire uranium from Niger, but was unsuccessful .
Also in November, an INR analyst concludes that the SISMI Niger documents are fake (Senate Intelligence Report).
The Senate Intelligence Committee Report further states that the US learned that the French iintelligence on Iraq attempts to purchase uranium from Niger were derived from the Forged Documents.
According to the report, this was learned March 4, 2003.
On March 7, the IAEA reported that the documents were forgeries.
On March 16, three days before Bush orders the invasion, Cheney appeared on Meet the Press and disagreed with the IAEA declaration that the Forged Documents were fake. No mention is made of INR's agreement with the IAEA.