The uranium was supposedly to be bought from Niger not the Ivory Coast. A con man sold the fake documents to an Italian intelligence agent who passed it on to the UK and US. The latter both accepted it at face value. I have not kept the articles that noted this but a Google search through Google News should bring stuff up..
Cheers, Ken Hanly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Burford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 5:45 PM Subject: [PEN-L:35397] Re: UN Investigates US spying on Missions > At 2003-03-09 10:59 -0600, you wrote: > > > >UN launches inquiry into American spying > > > >Martin Bright, Ed Vulliamy in New York and Peter Beaumont > >Sunday March 9, 2003 > >The Observer > > Interesting that the inter-imperialist contradictions and the > contradictions within imperialism about different strategies, has reached > the point where the intelligence agencies themselves are leaking. > > I wonder what is known about the fake document on Iraq allegedly trying to > buy nuclear materials in Ivory Coast? > > I wonder what the cover up trail is? > > > Chris Burford > > London > >