UK inquiry set to back claim Saddam tried to buy uranium

[durutti]

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A UK government inquiry into the intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq is expected to conclude that Britain's spies were correct to say that Saddam Hussein's regime sought to buy uranium from Niger.

The inquiry by Lord Butler, which was delivered to the printers yesterday and is expected to be released on July 14, has examined the intelligence that underpinned UK government claims about the threat from Iraq.

The report will say the claim that Mr Hussein could deploy chemical weapons within 45 minutes, seized on by UK prime minister Tony Blair to bolster the case for war with Iraq, was inadequately supported by the available intelligence, people familiar with its contents say .

But among Lord Butler's other areas of investigation was the issue of whether Iraq sought to buy uranium from Niger. People with knowledge of the report said Lord Butler had concluded that this claim was reasonable and consistent with the intelligence.

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[phillybri]

1. Yawn...

n/t

[truthisfreedom]

2. endless string of turds. who cares?

[Rose Siding]

3. Going head to head with Joe Wilson?

The bushies would NEVER have distanced themselves from this claim if they didn't know it was hinky.

(then there's Chalabi's 90's forgery shop in Kurdistan- maybe they don't faver close examination here)

[durutti]

4. The Butler investigation is regarded as a farce.

It serves only to whitewash.

[struggle4progress]

5. If credible evidence existed, why did the Bushistas rely ...

on a clumsy forgery?

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