FW: Rice Misleads Again on Iraq's Nuclear Program

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RICE MISLEADS AGAIN ON IRAQ'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM

The New York Times revealed yesterday that top administration officials
grossly mislead the public about Iraq's supposed nuclear weapons
program.[1] The government's top nuclear scientists said that the
aluminum tubes Iraq had acquired were "too heavy, too narrow and too
long" for use in creating nuclear weapons.[2] They were perfectly
suited, however, for use in Iraq's existing legal rockets.[3] Meanwhile,
National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice went on CNN before the
invasion of Iraq and said the tubes "are only really suited for nuclear
weapons programs."[4]

In October 2003, David Kay - the administration's handpicked weapons
inspector - concluded, "We have not uncovered evidence that Iraq
undertook significant post-1998 steps to actually build nuclear weapons
or produce fissile material."[5] Stunningly, appearing on talk shows
yesterday morning, Rice continued to insist that Iraq may have been
pursuing nuclear weapons and that the aluminum tubes may have been
involved in that process. On ABC's "This Week" Rice said, "As I
understand it, people are still debating this."[6] David Albright, the
president of the Institute for Science and International Security, said
Rice "is being disingenuous, and just departing from any effort to find
the truth."[7]

Sources:

1. "How the White House Embraced Disputed Arms Intelligence," New York
Times, 10/03/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3476437&l=60492 .
2. Ibid., http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3476437&l=60492 .
3. Ibid., http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3476437&l=60492 .
4. "Ritter Meets With Iraqi Leaders," CNN, 9/08/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3476437&l=60493.
5. "Statement by David Kay ," CIA, 10/02/03,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3476437&l=60494.
6. "Rice: Iraqi nuclear plans unclear," MSNBC, 10/03/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3476437&l=60495.
7. Ibid., http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3476437&l=60495 .

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