Iraq - one year from nuclear bomb in 2002

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Original NYT article

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/w...fb0f67900&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

http://rayrobison.typepad.com/ray_robison/2006/11/nyt_article_on_.html#more

What to keep in mind when you read the NYT article.

Among the dozens of documents in English were Iraqi reports written in the 1990s and in 2002 for United Nations inspectors in charge of making sure Iraq had abandoned its unconventional arms programs after the Persian Gulf war. Experts say that at the time, Mr. Husseinâ€™s scientists were on the verge of building an atom bomb, as little as a year away.

The Senate Prewar Intelligence Review Phase II report reveals that Saddamâ€™s Foreign Minster told the US government that Saddam was trying to build a bomb. He said Saddam was trying to get uranium and was irate that his nuclear team was taking too long.

In September 2002, the CIA obtained, from a source, information that allegedly came from a high-level Iraqi official with direct access to Saddam Hussein and his inner circle. The information this source provided was considered so important and so sensitive that the CIAâ€™s Directorate of Operations prepared a highly restricted intelligence report to alert senior policymakers about the reporting. Because of the sensitivity, however, that it was not disseminated to Intelligence Community analysts.

Concerned that something may have been missed in our first Iraq review, the Committee began to request additional information from the Intelligence Community and to question current and former CIA officers who were involved in this issue. As noted above, the Committee has not completed this inquiry, but we have seen the operational documentation pertaining to this case.

We can say that there is not a single document related to this case which indicates that the source said Iraq had no WMD programs. On the contrary, all of the information about this case so far indicates that the information from this source was that Iraq did have WMD programs.

So what did Saddamâ€™s foreign minister tell the US government? From the report:
The intelligence report conveyed information from the source attributed to the Iraqi official which said:

* Iraq was not in possession of a nuclear weapon. However, Iraq was aggressively and covertly developing such a weapon. Saddam, irate that Iraq did not yet have a nuclear weapon because money was no object and because Iraq possessed the scientific know how, had recently called meeting his Nuclear Weapons Committee.

* The Committee told Saddam that a nuclear weapon would be ready within 18-24 months of acquiring the fissile material.
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KalvinB, Nov 3, 2006 IP

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bah, don't you know that the NYTimes is a republican mouth piece? you *insert dead presidents name here* lover!

*there ya go clueless peoples of DP, I made the post for you*

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Why no replies to this post? Only few have read. Hmm .. Shall we continue to ignore truth from NYT. President Bush and NYT agree. I must assume many shall keep their eyes covered to the truth.

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The Committee told Saddam that a nuclear weapon would be ready within 18-24 months of acquiring the fissile material.
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some committe who is scared of saddam told him he wanted hear, wow ground breaking

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ferret77 said: ↑

some committe who is scared of saddam told him he wanted hear, wow ground breaking
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I know. I would have only believed it when he used it too.

lorien1973, Nov 5, 2006 IP

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Iraq - one year from nuclear bomb in 2002

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