Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Uranium from Niger?

Not according to Mohamed El Baradei:

Mr. [Mohamed] El Baradei [director of the International Atomic Energy Agency] has stated publicly that, contrary to government claims: "There is no indication that Iraq has attempted to import uranium since 1990."

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[T]he IAEA points out that it would have been impossible for Iraq to acquire uranium from Niger without this being discovered. The country's entire output at the time came from two mines controlled by a French company, and its entire output was pre-sold to France, Japan and Spain.