June 14, 2003

CIA: Bunnypants is such a lying tool
The (UK) Mirror reports:

THE case for the war on Saddam suffered another hammer blow after claims that Iraq tried to buy nuclear weapons were exposed as a lie.

It emerged that the CIA had investigated reports that Iraqi agents attempted to buy uranium in Niger - and found them false.

But 11 months later George Bush used the story to build his case for war against Saddam Hussein. Tony Blair put it in his assessment, which was presented to Parliament in September.

The revelations are a major embarrassment to Mr Bush and Mr Blair after coalition forces failed to find any weapons of mass destruction at 87 prime sites in Iraq.

The CIA rejected any blame for Mr Bush using false intelligence information.

Spokesman Bill Harlow said that documents supplied to congressional committees would show that the CIA "did not withhold information from appropriate officials" about Iraq's alleged Niger connection.


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