AND THE FINGER POINTING BEGINS...
RICE BLAMES CIA:
CIA Approved Iraqi Uranium Claim -W.House
Fri July 11, 2003 07:40 AM ET
ENTEBBE, Uganda (Reuters) - The CIA approved in advance President Bush's accusation in a speech that Iraq had sought to acquire nuclear material from Africa, U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on Friday.
CIA BLAMES UK:
CIA Asked Britain To Drop Iraq Claim
Advice on Alleged Uranium Buy Was Refused
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, July 11, 2003; Page A01
The CIA tried unsuccessfully in early September 2002 to persuade the British government to drop from an official intelligence paper a reference to Iraqi attempts to buy uranium in Africa that President Bush included in his State of the Union address four months later, senior Bush administration officials said yesterday.
EDIT:
Bush points finger at CIA
Deutsche Welle, Germany - 1 hour ago
The White House has blamed the US Central Intelligence Agency over
a false accusation that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa. ...
Number 10 defends uranium claim
BBC News, UK - 3 hours ago
Downing Street says it stands by claims that Iraq tried to buy uranium in Africa
despite reports that America asked the UK not to publish the allegation. ...
Scapegoat City
Slate - 3 hours ago
By Holly Bailey. The Washington Post leads with word that the CIA,
four months before President Bush's State of the Union address ...
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