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:

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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."
FROM THE JULY 21, 2003 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2003

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