Original sentence: "  Mayaki interpreted that to mean they wanted to discuss the sale of yellowcake uranium, a natural resource of Niger, though upon meeting with the delegation, the subject of uranium never came up.According to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on prewar intelligence, Joe Wilson said that during Mayaki's time in office he was contacted by a businessman who asked him to meet with a delegation from Saddam Hussein's Iraq government, to discuss "expanding commercial relations.Bush's claim in the 2003 State of the Union address that "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa," which was based on what the British says in the Butler Report is completely separate evidence.Neither CIA, DIA, nor INR analysts said this gave weight to claims that Iraq was trying to get uranium from Africa, and the Vice President (who requested the information that prmmpted Wilson's trip to Niger) was not briefed on the issue.President George W.There is no evidence that this claim about the meeting of an Iraqi delegation with Mayaki was used to bolster the case for war, or that it was in any way related to U
Edited sentence: Bush in a State of the Union address to build a case for overthrowing Saddam's regime.Forged documents on which the British and US governments allegedly based their case that Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger were so crudely drafted that it is unlikely they would have stood up to more than a few hours.It has been falsely suggested that during his time in office, Mayaki was contacted by representatives of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government who wanted to purchase uranium, a natural resource of Niger.This claim was in turn used by US President George W