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Titolo: Atomica di Saddam, la truffa italiana

Atomica di Saddam, la truffa italiana
di Toni Fontana
Ci sono anche informazioni del Sismi dietro il falso sull'uranio acquistato
dall'Iraq nel Niger. Palazzo Chigi smentisce, il settimanale americano Time
conferma: fu il governo italiano a fornire le prove fasulle. L'opposizione
chiede un'inchiesta parlamentare. La Farnesina (a guida Frattini) aveva
fiutato per tempo che le notizie raccolte dai nostri 007 erano false, ma,
nel clima surriscaldato della vigilia della guerra all'Iraq, pare che
qualcuno (il Sismi?) abbia forzato la mano e passato la «bufala» ad
americani ed inglesi che poi hanno confezionato l'informativa che oggi sta
creando non pochi guai a Bush e Blair.
il comico premier per essere fedele al padrone
non si è peritato di falsificare le prove e prima se ne vanta e poi
smentisce
--
Pomero da
www.unita.it

dal times:
Allegations of Iraq buying uranium yellowcake from Niger were
disproved almost a year before President Bush's State of the Union
address. Follow the paper trail of how they made it into his speech:
2001: Uranium yellowcake rolls off the line in Niger
The Italian government came into possession of half a dozen letters
and other documents that purported to show Iraqi officials attempting
to buy uranium yellowcake from Niger government officials. In the
'80s, Saddam Hussein bought several hundred tons of yellowcake, which
can be enriched in gas centrifuges to produce weapons-grade uranium.
2001:
Did Blair have sources of his own?
The Italians' evidence about Iraq and the uranium yellowcake was
shared with both the British and U.S. intelligence officials.
FEBRUARY 2002:
Cheney takes a hard line on Iraq
The CIA hears from Dick Cheney's office; he wants to know more. The
agency sends former ambassador Joseph Wilson to Niger to investigate.
MARCH 2002:
Wilson is sent to Niger to sleuth
After an eight-day trip to Niger, Wilson returns and reports to the
CIA that he believes the allegations are "bogus and unrealistic."
SEPT. 24, 2002:
The White House makes its case
A British intelligence report on Iraq features a claim that "Iraq has
sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." White House
spokesman Ari Fleischer touts it, saying, "We agree with their
findings." Two days later, in a closed briefing, Colin Powell tells
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that U.S. intelligence has
proof of an Iraqi attempt to buy uranium from Niger.
OCT. 10, 2002:
Congress is swayed by the threat
The House of Representatives passes a resolution authorizing use of
force against Iraq; the Senate passes it the next day. More than 180
members of Congress mention the possible Iraqi nuclear threat as a
reason for supporting the resolution, and several Senators cite the
British report of Iraqi attempts to purchase uranium yellowcake.
DEC. 7, 2002:
Omissions on both sides
Iraq submits a 12,200-page weapons declaration to the United Nations
through its ambassador, Mohammed al-Douri. The Bush Administration
immediately begins leaking criticisms of the report. Twelve days
later, the State Department issues "eight key omissions and
deceptions" by the Iraqis. Included: "The Declaration ignores efforts
to procure uranium from Niger." It does not attribute the charge to
the British.
DECEMBER 2002:
Waiting for the proof
After seeing the State Department's retort to the Iraqis, the
International Atomic Energy Agency, headed by Mohamed ElBaradei, asks
the Administration for proof of the Niger allegation so it can
investigate the claim. The U.S. says little for six weeks-a crucial
period during which the Administration is making its case for war.
JANUARY 2003:
Who's to Blame?
White House officials prepare the President's State of the Union
address. Sentence about Iraq trying to buy uranium is inserted. A CIA
official objects, saying the language isn't backed by U.S.
intelligence. But the decision is made to leave it in and attribute it
to the British. CIA chief George Tenet now says his team should have
pressed harder to have it deleted.
JAN. 23, 2003:
Making the case for war
Condi Rice writes an op-ed calling Iraq's report "a 12,200-page lie"
and asserts, "The declaration fails to account for or explain Iraq's
efforts to get uranium from abroad."
JAN. 28, 2003:
The speech in question
Bush delivers his State of the Union, including the allegation that
Saddam is trying to get quantities of uranium from Africa.
Intelligence experts question the claim.
FEB 5., 2003:
Niger claim wasn't solid enough
Speaking before the U.N. Security Council, Powell drops the uranium
allegation. Last week Powell said he didn't repeat the charge before
the United Nations because he didn't think it was solid enough "to
present to the world."

dal times:
The White House has admitted the Niger allegation should never have
made it into the State of the Union, but other key charges from Bush's
address remain unproved:
 WHAT HE SAID
We know that Iraq, in the late 1990s, had several mobile biological
weapons labs. These are designed to produce germ warfare agents.
- George W. Bush, State of the Union, January 2003
 WHAT WE NOW KNOW
U.S. forces found two trailers that could be bioweapons labs but no
trace of pathogens. The CIA claims they're labs, but some State
Department intelligence analysts disagree
WHAT HE SAID
Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase
high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production.
- George W. Bush, State of the Union, January 2003
 WHAT WE NOW KNOW
In May an Iraqi scientist led U.S. troops to centrifuge blueprints
that he buried in his rose garden in 1991. But no evidence of a recent
nuclear program has been found
WHAT HE SAID
Evidence from intelligence sources, secret communications and
statements by people
now in custody reveal that Saddam Hussein aids
and protects terrorists, including members of
al Qaeda.
- George W. Bush, State of the Union, January 2003
 WHAT WE NOW KNOW
U.S. and Kurdish forces in northern Iraq destroyed camps belonging to
Ansar al-Islam, linked to al- Qaeda, but found no proof of the ties to
Saddam that Bush alleged. Al-Qaeda deputy Abu Musab Zarqawi, who
sought medical attention in Baghdad, is still at large

 creando non pochi guai a Bush e Blair.
Il Time magazine scrive:
"Finally, late in 2001, the Italian government came into possession of
evidence suggesting that Iraq was again trying to purchase yellowcake from
Niger......  The Italians' evidence was shared with both Britain and the
U.S."
Verso la fine del 2001 vigilia della guerra?
Anno più anno meno...
Sempre dallo stesso articolo:
"When it got to Washington, the Iraq-Niger uranium report caught the eye of
someone important: Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney's chief of staff,
Lewis Libby, told TIME that during one of his regular CIA briefings, "the
Vice President asked a question about the implication of the report."
Cheney's interest hardly came as a surprise: he has long been known to
harbor some of the most hard-line views of Saddam's nuclear ambitions. It
was not long before the agency quietly dispatched a veteran U.S. envoy named
Joseph Wilson to investigate. Wilson seemed like a wise choice for the
mission. He had been a U.S. ambassador to Gabon and had actually been the
last American to speak with Saddam before the first Gulf War. Wilson spent
eight days sleuthing in Niger, meeting with current and former government
officials and businessmen; ***he came away convinced that the allegations
were untrue***. Wilson never had access to the Italian documents and never
filed a written report, he told TIME. When he returned to Washington in
early March, ***Wilson gave an oral report about his trip to both CIA and
State Department officials. On March 9 of last year, the CIA circulated a
memo on the yellowcake story that was sent to the White House, summarizing
Wilson's assessment****.
E ancora:
In September [2002], Tony Blair's government issued a 50-page dossier
detailing the case against Saddam, and while much of the evidence in the
paper was old, it made the first public claim that Iraq was seeking uranium
from Africa. At the White House, Ari Fleischer endorsed the British dossier,
saying "We agree with their findings."
Qui trovi il link al dossier del governo inglese: dove è citata la "fonte"
italiana?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/02/uk_dossier_on_iraq/ht
ml/full_dossier.stm
Sia chiaro che non intendo assolutamente esprimere con il mio messaggio una
posizione pro-USA ed alleati e/o a favore dell'invasione dell'Iraq, ma solo
che non condivido il contenuto del tuo messaggio dal punto di vista della
correttezza dell'informazione. Non ho trovato il testo originale
dell'articolo che riporti quindi  prendo per buona la tua citazione.
Saluti,
Buzzi