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 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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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.
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