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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The Italians' evidence about Iraq and the uranium yellowcake was shared with both the British and U.S. intelligence officials.
FROM THE JULY 21, 2003 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2003

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