Well, the expansion of commercial relations would have been a violation of UN Sactions, as it was when Niger expanded commercial relations with Libya in much the same way Iraq sought it, they ended up with a nuclear program.
As for the Butler Report, a BBC summary of the report has this to say: British intelligence on the claim that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger was "credible". There was not conclusive evidence Iraq actually purchased the material, nor did the government make that claim. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3892809.stm So the Butler report doesn't say that Tony is full of it, in fact it says just the opposite. It agrees with what Bush stated in the State of the Union address. That Iraq sought Uranium from Niger. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:56 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: whew! it's all ok, cause they were lying anyway > > It's Tony Blair who still stands by it. The Butler report says that Tony > Blair is full of it. As for "expand commercial relations"... since when is > that a synonym for "let's defy UN sanctions"? I realize we are talking > diplomacy here but... is it possible that Iraq wanted to sell something? > Buy something else? > > >The two things the Pres authorized Libby to release was the claim that > >Iraq was "vigorously trying to procure uranium." Which the British > >still stand by and that Wilson had reported he had learned in 1999 an > >Iraqi delegation visited Niger and sought to expand commercial > >relations. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203843 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
